Ogre (city)

Ogre
Basic data
State :	Latvia
Landscape:	Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme )
Administrative district :	Ogres novads
Coordinates :	56 ° 49 '  N , 24 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 49 '7 "  N , 24 ° 36' 20"  E
Residents :	25,380 (Jan. 1, 2016)
Area :	13.58 km²
Population density :	1,869 inhabitants per km²
Height :
City law:	since 1928
Website:	www.ogre.lv
Post Code:	5001-5003
ISO code:	LV-067

Ogre (German: Ogershof or Oger ) is a town in Latvia at the confluence of the Oger and the Daugava , 36 km southeast of Riga . In 2016 Ogre had 25,380 inhabitants.

history

Archaeologists found traces of settlement here from the 3rd to 5th millennium BC. In historical times the Livs and Latgals lived here mixed. In the Chronicle of Henry of Latvia there is an account of a council of war of the Livs, which they held in 1206. This place is located on one of two hills near today's city of Ogre.

The place emerged after the construction of the Riga - Dünaburg railway line in 1861 as a summer excursion destination for the urban population of Riga. When the First World War began in 1914, Ogre consisted of around 300 summer houses. Since the Daugava formed the front line for two years , the inhabitants were evacuated and not much was left of the building.

In the period of Latvian independence after 1920, the resort flourished again in competition with Jūrmala and received city rights in 1928. Now there were also various commercial enterprises. About 1,300 people lived in Ogre in winter and 5,000 to 10,000 in summer.

The city ​​survived the Second World War relatively well, only the railway bridge and some businesses were blown up. On October 9, 1944, Red Army troops marched in , including the 308th (Latvian) Rifle Division.

During the time of the Latvian SSR , the former health resort developed into a normal town with various factories and combines.

Others

• The name of the city is of Russian origin and derives from угри , eel (found in the river) . Allegedly Catherine I gave the river its name.
• There is a cultural center, an art school and a music school in Ogre . There are also three Latvian-speaking schools and one Russian-speaking "Jaunogres vidusskola".
• In the city there was a prisoner of war camp 291 for German prisoners of war of the Second World War . Seriously ill people were cared for in the two prisoner-of-war hospitals in 2040 , Ogre , and 3338 , Riga .
• The company Ogres Servisa Centrs successfully manufactures rally vehicles.

Ogres novads

Since the districts were dissolved in 2009, Ogre has formed an administrative community with nine surrounding rural communities. 38,861 inhabitants live here (July 1, 2010)

people

• Igors Stepanovs (* 1976), football player
• Atvars Tribuncovs (born 1976), ice hockey player
• Aisha (* 1986), singer

Town twinning

Ogre lists 17 twin cities :

city	country	since
Long	Sweden	1996
Basarabeasca	Moldova
Bollnas	Sweden
Hengelo	Netherlands	1996
Järvenpää	Finland
Jõhvi	Estonia
Joué-lès-Tours	France	2005
Kelmė	Lithuania	2010
Kerava	Finland
Maimana	Afghanistan	2011
Mytishchi	Russia
Nový Bydžov	Czech Republic
Salo	Finland
Sigdal	Norway
Slonim	Belarus
Chernihiv	Ukraine	2007
Võru	Estonia

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 , pp. 434-435.
• Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā
2. ^ City website
3. ↑ Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.
4. ^ Ogres novads. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .