Bauska district

Bauska district
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Latvia
Capital	Bauska
surface	748.9 km²
Residents	26,634 (2013)
density	36 inhabitants per km²
founding	2009
ISO 3166-2	LV-016
Website	www.bauska.lv (Latvian)
The Mūsa River near Bauska

Coordinates: 56 ° 25 '  N , 24 ° 17'  E

The Bauska district (Bauskas novads) is located in southern Latvia on the border with Lithuania in the historic Zemgale countryside .

population

The district consists of the 8 municipalities (pagasts) Brunava, Ceraukste, Code, Dāviņi, Gailīši, Īslīce, Mežotne, Vecsaule and the administrative center Bauska . 26,634 inhabitants (2013) live in the Bauska district.

Krieviņi

The Krewischen or krieviņi were Woten carried off by the order master Vincke von Overberg , who were settled in the area southeast of the city for the construction of Bauska Castle. Until the beginning of the 19th century they had their own culture and language.

Web links

Commons : Bauska Municipality  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bauska district website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eberhard Winkler: Krewinisch: To the development of an extinct Baltic Finnish language form 1997 ISBN 978-344-703-9635