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| Landscape: | Courland ( Latvian : Kurzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Tukuma novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 46 ' N , 23 ° 9' E | ||
| Residents : | 309 (Jan 1, 2000) | ||
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Lestene ( German Lesten ) is a place in western Latvia , not far from Jaunpils .
history
The Lesten manor was owned by the Duke of Courland . It was owned by the von der Recke family since 1576 .
The place is best known for the memorial of the Latvian SS legionaries with the monumental sculpture Motherland Latvia by Arta Dumpe . It is on the road to Jaunpils next to the Lutheran church. The bones of 934 fallen legionaries were buried here. The first cross was erected in Lestene on May 8, 1997 and the first section of the military cemetery with sculpture was inaugurated on November 5, 2000.
Attractions
The Lesten estate with its park can be visited. The river Lestene flows not far from the village.
Personalities who were born in Lestene
- Carl Ferdinand von Orgies-Rutenberg (1741–1801), Chancellor and Court Master in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
- Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829–1902), anatomist and embryologist
- Haralds Biezais (1909–1995), historian of religion
The Lutheran Church of Lestene
Inside the church
Military cemetery
literature
- Hans Feldmann , Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livonia and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-412-06889-6 , pp. 341–342.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
Footnotes
- ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 341.
