Olaine
| Olaine ( German : Olai) | |||
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 Latvia
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| Landscape: | Vidzeme ( Latvian : Vidzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Olaines novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 47 ' N , 23 ° 57' E | ||
| Residents : | 11,800 (Jan. 1, 2016) | ||
| Area : | 6.8 km² | ||
| Population density : | 1,735 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| City law: | since 1967 | ||
| Website: | www.olaine.lv | ||
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(German Olai) is a city in theLatvianregion ofVidzeme, about 20 km southwest ofRiga. In 2016 Olaine had 11,800 inhabitants.
history
In 1819 a first settlement called Olai was created on the site of the present city. The settlers reclaimed the surrounding moor. The namesake of the settlement was built in the 17th century during the Swedish era , located on the Misa and dedicated to St. Olav (Olai) church.
The settlement experienced an economic boom when the Riga – Jelgava railway was completed in 1868 and the Olai station opened.
After Latvia became independent , the place name was adjusted to Latvian in 1919 and changed to "Olaine". After several territorial changes, Olaine received city rights in 1967 . Since 2009, the town and the rural community have formed an administrative community (Olaines novads).
There is a military cemetery for German soldiers killed in World War II in the vicinity of the town .
economy
During the occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union , a factory for the production of plastics was established in Olaine. Olaine was considered one of the “chemical cities” of the Soviet Union.
Town twinning
There are town partnerships with Ödeshög , Vadstena , Karlskoga (Sweden), Riihimäki (Finland), Nowa Sarzyna (Poland), Narwa (Estonia) and Anykščiai (Lithuania).
sons and daughters of the town
- Normunds Miezis (* 1971), Latvian chess grandmaster
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. 438-439.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā
- ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 438.