Irši
| Irši ( German : Hirschenhof) | |||
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| Landscape: | Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Kokneses novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 47 ' N , 25 ° 36' E | ||
| Residents : | 361 (Sep 1, 2014) | ||
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| Height : | 131 m | ||
| Website: | www.koknese.lv | ||
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Irši (German: Hirschenhof ) is a village in the Koknese district in Latvia. It is located about 100 kilometers east of Riga .
history
The Hirschenhof estate was established in 1637 as a gift from Queen Christine to Captain Abraham Larsson Hirsch. From 1766 Empress Catherine II settled German colonists, whose descendants lived here until 1939.
literature
- Hans Feldmann , Heinz von zur Mühlen (Hrsg.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-412-06889-6 , p. 219.
- Gustav Gangnus: The Hirschenhöfer . In: Wilfried Schlau (ed.): Social history of the Baltic Germans . Mare Balticum, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-929081-21-0 , pp. 185-210.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 , pp. 365-367.
Web links
- At home with Heinz Erhardt . In: The Ostpreußenblatt of June 30, 2001, volume 26, p. 6.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 219.
- ^ Wilfried Schlau : On the migration and social history of the Baltic Germans . In the S. (Ed.): The German Balts . Langen Müller, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7844-2524-0 , pp. 32-50, here p. 40.