Aizpute

Aizpute ( German : Hasenpoth)
Basic data
State :	Latvia
Landscape:	Courland ( Latvian : Kurzeme )
Administrative district :	Aizputes novads
Coordinates :	56 ° 43 '  N , 21 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 43 '0 "  N , 21 ° 36' 0"  E
Residents :	4,389 (Jun 3, 2015)
Area :	6.9 km²
Population density :	636 inhabitants per km²
Height :
City law:	since 1378
Website:	www.aizpute.lv
Post Code:	3456
ISO code:	LV-003

Aizpute ( German  Hasenpot , Hasenpoth , Russian Айзпуте ) is a town in the historic Bandowe ( Bandava ) region in Latvia.

history

Aizpute is first mentioned in a document in the 13th century. In 1248 Dietrich von Grüningen , the landmaster in Livonia of the Teutonic Order , had the Hasenpoth order castle built. In 1253, the soft picture of the young settlement was divided into a part belonging to the order, called Ordens-Hasenpoth , and an episcopal part, called Bishop-Hasenpoth . The flourishing city became the seat of both the Knights of the Order of the Goldingen Commandery and the Courland cathedral chapter. The city's wealth declined when the city's port was closed after the Northern War and the nearby city of Liepāja (English: Libau) took on its role as a major trading center on the Baltic coast. The city belonged to the Russian Empire from 1795 and was a district town in the Courland Governorate . A major battle took place here during the Russian Revolution in 1905 .

See also : Courland  and History of Latvia

Attractions

Ruins of the Hasenpoth Ordensburg

Lutheran St. John's Church in Aizpute

• Ruins of the Hasenpoth order castle
• St. John's Church, the oldest surviving church in Courland
• Watermill (not far from the Johanniskirche)
• Katzdangen Castle (Lat. Kazdanga, east of Aizpute)

sons and daughters of the town

Sorted by year of birth.

• Heinrich Blumenthal (1804–1881), doctor and educator
• Leon von Buchholtz (1838–1910), landlord and politician
• Paul von Bienenstamm (1843–1911), tax officer, councilor
• Eduard von Keyserling (1855–1918), German writer and dramatist of Impressionism, was born in Tels-Paddern Castle, today the Kalvene School, south of Aizpute
• Martha von Grot (1867–1962), German-Baltic reform pedagogue
• Theodor von Hahn (1880–1949), consul
• Tatjana Barbakoff (1899–1944), German dancer
• Anna Dagda (1915–1996), singer
• Alfreds Dombrovskis (1923-2000), chess master
• Ivars Silārs (* 1938), politician and chronicler
• Aivars Jerumanis (born 1938) - politician
• Jānis Kalnmalis (* 1939), Latvian painter
• Tālivaldis Deksnis (1946–2018) Latvian organist
• Pēteris Vasks (* 1946), Latvian composer
• Ingrīda Circene (* 1956) politician, Latvian Minister of Health (2003-2004 and 2011-2014)
• Oskars Spurdziņš (* 1963), politician, Latvian finance minister (2004–2007)
• Mareks Segliņš (* 1970), politician, Latvian Interior Minister (1999–2002, 2007–2009) and Minister of Justice (2009–2010)
• Māris Vītols (* 1972), politician, Latvian Minister of Education and Science (1999–2000)

Other personalities

• Ernst Jacob Seraphim (1795–1850), senior lawyer in the Aizpute district (1821–1850)
• Ulrich von Schlippenbach (1774–1826), district administrator of the Pilten district based in Aizpute
• Isaschar Falkensohn Behr (1746–1817), Jewish doctor and poet
• Mārtiņš Freimanis (1977–2011), Latvian musician, actor and singer, grew up in Aizpute
• Harro von Hirschheydt (1925–2017), German-Baltic publisher

Town twinning

•  Schwerzenbach , Switzerland (since 1991)

•  Karlskrona , Sweden

Aizputes novads

In 2009 the city merged with five surrounding communities to form an administrative unit with 10,368 inhabitants.

literature

• Sebastian Wolf: Five centuries of city history as reflected in an official book. The city of Hasenpoth in Courland (1378–1910), in: Deutsch-Baltic Yearbook 63 (2015), pp. 19–41.
• Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
• VE Bloks / IK Šteinbergs: Aizpute. Tūrisma ceļvedis pa Aizputes rajonu . Riga 1960

Web links

Commons : Aizpute  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernhart Jähnig : Constitution and administration of the Teutonic Order and its rule in Livonia (= writings of the Baltic Historical Commission. Volume 16). Lit, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-643-11005-3 , p. 122.
2. ^ Ernst Seraphim: Baltic fates in the mirror of a family from Courland 1756–1919 , Berlin 1935
3. ↑ Article about the community partnership on the Schwerzenbach homepage  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 25, 2014.  
4. ↑ Mirdza Birzniece: Aizpute. Ceļvedis pa pilsētu un tās apkārtni . Aizpute 1996, p. 50