Bērze (place)
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State : | Latvia | |
Landscape: | Semgallia ( Latvian : Zemgale ) | |
Administrative district : | Dobeles novads | |
Coordinates : | 56 ° 41 ' N , 23 ° 26' E | |
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Bērze (German: Behrshof) is a place in Latvia in the region Semgallen (Latvian: Zemgale ), where the boundary between Kurland and Zemgale is not clearly defined. In the early modern period, Zemgale was part of the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale , which was converted into the Russian Governorate of Courland in 1795.
The place belongs to the municipality of Bērze (Bērze pagasts) in the Dobele district . Miltiņi and Šķibe also belong to the municipality. Through the territory of the river of the same flows Bērze .
Personalities
Kārlis Ulmanis (* 23 August July / 4 September 1877 greg. , † 20 September 1942 ), multiple Prime Minister (1918–1921, 1925–1926, 1931, 1934–1940, from 1934 with dictatorial powers) and President ( from 1936) Latvia was born here.