Kārsava
| Kārsava ( German : Karsau) | |||
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 Latvia
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| Landscape: | Latgale ( Latvian : Latgale ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Kārsavas novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 47 ' N , 27 ° 41' E | ||
| Residents : | 2,210 (Jan. 1, 2016) | ||
| Area : | 3.9 km² | ||
| Population density : | 567 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| City law: | since 1928 | ||
| Website: | www.karsava.lv | ||
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Kārsava ( Latgalian Kuorsova ; German Karsau , Russian and 1917 Korsowka ) is a city in the eastern part of Latvia near the Russian border.
history
The area was inhabited by the Latgale tribe from around the 8th century . Kārsava was a larger place with several fortified castle mounds. A local kraal resided here until 1763 . In that year the Catholic Church was also built.
In 1793, Polish Livonia fell to Russia and Kārsava became part of the Vitebsk Governorate . The place was on the post road from Rēzekne to Ostrow and became a center of trade. The place was badly devastated during Napoleon's Russian campaign . In 1836 a road from Saint Petersburg to Warsaw was built. A railway line followed in 1860 . This brought economic upswing for Kārsava, which is located on both routes.
After the First World War , the area was recognized as part of Latvia in 1920. In 1928 city rights were granted.
Buildings
The Roman Catholic Church (1763), the Russian Orthodox Church (19th century) and the Malnava Chapel (19th century) are of architectural interest.
Town twinning
- The Novads Kārsava maintains a town partnership with the Lower Saxony municipality of Bad Bodenteich .
Kārsavas novads
Kārsavas novads exists through a restructuring of Latvia since 2009. The district consists of the town of Kārsava and the municipalities of Goliševa, Malnava, Mērdzene, Mežvidi and Salnava.
The novads Kārsava borders on the novads Balvi , Baltinava, Rēzekne , Cibla . In the east it borders the Russian Federation with a length of 66 kilometers.
In 2010 there were 6,941 residents here. At the 2000 census, the population was 8,574, of which 73% said Latvian and 26% Russian as their nationality. The novads Kārsava has an area of 628 km². In rural areas the population density is 8 inhabitants / km².
literature
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
Web links
- Partnership Bad Bodenteich and Kārsava (German, Lat.)
- Reģionālās attīstības un pašvaldību lietu ministrija ( MS Word ; 1.2 MB)
- Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās 07/01/2010
- Kārsava
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jānis Siliņš: Latvijas māksla, 1800-1914 , vol. 1. Daugava, Stockholm 1979, p. 277.
- ↑ Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās 07/01/2010 pmlp.gov.lv