Nītaure
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| Landscape: | Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Amatas novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 57 ° 4 ' N , 25 ° 12' E | ||
| Residents : | 485 (Jan. 1, 2007) | ||
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Nītaure ( German Nitau ) is a place in Latvia and is located about 70 km northeast of Riga . The Gulf of Riga is about 50 km to the northwest.
history
In 1277 a castle of the Livonian Order was built here, which fell into disrepair in the 17th century. The present-day town emerged in the second half of the 19th century when the owner of the local property distributed building lots. In 1897 Nītaure had 560 inhabitants, in 2007 there were 450.
Personalities
- Wilhelm Graf von Fermor (1702–1771), general in the Russian army
- Karl Schilling (1865–1905), pastor and evangelical martyr
- Alexander Graf Stenbock-Fermor (1902–1972), author and resistance fighter during the Nazi era
- Nils Graf Stenbock-Fermor (1904–1969), draftsman, painter and set designer
- Andris Bērziņš (* 1944), politician, Latvian President (2011–2015)
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. 427-428.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .