Kandava

Kandava ( German : Kandau)

Basic data

State :

Latvia

Landscape:

Courland ( Latvian : Kurzeme )

Administrative district :

Kandavas novads

Coordinates :

57 ° 2 ' N , 22 ° 47' E Coordinates: 57 ° 2 '15 " N , 22 ° 46' 30" E

Residents :

3,809 (Jul 1, 2018)

Area :

5.8 km²

Population density :

657 inhabitants per km²

Height :

Website:

www.kandava.lv

Post Code:

ISO code:

Street in Kandava

Kandava (German: Kandau ) is a small town with 3809 inhabitants (as of July 1, 2018) on the Abava River in western Latvia . Kandava municipality is the Latvian member of the European Charter - Villages of Europe , a group of rural municipalities from all 28 EU countries.

history

Since the 10th century, the cures drove the native lives out of this area. Kandava (Villa Candowe) was first mentioned in writing in 1230. From 1253 there was a castle here, around which the place developed, which in 1625 received market rights. During the time of Duke Jakob Kettler , various factories were built, the number of residents exceeded 1000. The castle was destroyed several times during the Northern Wars . After the plague epidemic of 1710 , the place was largely depopulated.

As part of the Russian Governorate of Courland , the place recovered. In 1893 he was granted city rights. In 1904 a station was opened on the Riga-Ventspils railway line. In December 1905, a revolutionary committee ruled. During the First World War , 75% of the population were forcibly evacuated as the front drew nearer in 1915 . Until the occupation by German troops in World War II , the city had a large Jewish community with a synagogue and a cemetery.

After the Second World War , more industrial companies were settled, so that the number of residents doubled by 1989.

Kandau Ordensburg

Ruins of the Teutonic Order Castle Kandau

on Kandau Castle Hill

Wall remains of the Kandau Ordensburg

Remnants of walls and ramparts have been preserved from the Kandau Ordensburg of the Teutonic Order.

Kandavas novads

In the course of an administrative reform in 1999 Kandava formed the first “novads” (district) in Latvia with five rural communities. In 2009, two more congregations joined. (See also: Administrative division of Latvia )

In 2018 there were 8397 registered residents.

sons and daughters of the town

August von Denffer (1786–1860), department president of the Imperial Russian Council , senator and governor
Alexander Bernewitz (1856–1919), German-Baltic Evangelical clergyman and martyr of the 20th century
Albert Grühn (1859–1906), German-Baltic Protestant theologian and martyr of the 20th century
Oswald Külpe (1862–1915), German psychologist and philosopher
Kārlis Mīlenbahs (1853-1916), Latvian linguist

literature

Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .

Web links

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

Footnotes

↑ ^a ^b Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās (= population figures in the self-governing districts of Latvia), as of July 1, 2018 (Latvian), p. 9, accessed on January 5, 2019.

[Einwohnerzahlen_2018-1] Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās (= population figures in the self-governing districts of Latvia), as of July 1, 2018 (Latvian), p. 9, accessed on January 5, 2019.