Mūrmuiža (Beverīna District)
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| Landscape: | Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Beverīnas novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 57 ° 28 ' N , 25 ° 30' E | ||
| Residents : | 490 | ||
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| Website: | www.beverinasnovads.lv | ||
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Mūrmuiža (German: brick courtyard ) is a village in northern Latvia and the center of the Kauguri municipality and the Beverīna administrative district (Latvian: Beverīnas novads ).
history
The place was formed around Gut Gemauerthof . Part of the area belonged to Valmiera . There is a Zenta Mauriņa museum in the manor house .
After the administrative reform in 2009 , the three municipalities of Trikāta, Brenguļi and Kauguri merged to form Beverīnas novads .
Personalities
- Jānis Balodis (1881–1965), Latvian general and politician, born in Trikāta near Mūrmuiža
Trivia
On July 16, 1705, the Battle of Gemauerthof took place at a place of the same name in Semgallen , a battle of the Great Northern War between the armies of the Swedish King Charles XII. and the army of the Tsar of Russia Peter the Great .
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. 183.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .