Mūrmuiža (Jelgava District)

Mūrmuiža (Jelgava District)
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State :	Latvia
Landscape:	Zemgale ( Latvian : Zemgale )
Administrative district :	Jelgavas novads
Coordinates :	56 ° 26 '  N , 23 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 26 '4 "  N , 23 ° 31' 31"  E
Residents :	225
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The battle memorial at Mūrmuiža, erected in 1935

Mūrmuiža (German: Gemauerthof ) is a village in Zemgale in southwest Latvia . The place is located at the confluence of the Vilce brook in the Svēte . In 2006 Mūrmuiža had 225 inhabitants.

history

The place arose around Gut Gemauerthof at a mill. On July 16, 1705 the Battle of Gemauerthof took place, a battle of the Great Northern War between the armies of the Swedish King Charles XII. and the Russian Tsar Peter the Great .

In 1960 a hospital for the disabled was set up here, which continues to exist today as a social station. There is a nature park south of the village.

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 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Latvijas Ģeotelpiskās informācijas aģentūra (LĢIA): Vietvārdu datubāze , accessed on July 10, 2020.
2. ↑ VSAC "Zemgale" filiāle "Ziedkalne"