Pļaviņas

Pļaviņas ( German : Stockmannshof)

Basic data

State :

Latvia

Landscape:

Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme )

Administrative district :

Pļaviņu novads

Coordinates :

56 ° 37 ' N , 25 ° 43' E Coordinates: 56 ° 37 '0 " N , 25 ° 43' 1" E

Residents :

3,402 (Jan 1, 2016)

Area :

7 km²

Population density :

486 inhabitants per km²

Height :

City law:

since 1927

Website:

www.plavinas.lv

Post Code:

ISO code:

Pļaviņas (German: Stockmannshof ) is a city in eastern Latvia , on the right bank of the Daugava and at the confluence of the Aiviekste river. In 2016 Pļaviņas had 3,402 inhabitants.

history

The Pļaviņas train station

The Evangelical Church of St. Petri in the city center

Traces of settlement from the 3rd millennium BC were found on two castle mounds. The remains of the medieval Loxten Castle (Lokstenes pilsdrupas) are located in a spur position above the high bank of the Daugava and overlook the neighboring Selburg Castle above the village of Sēlpils . During the Polish-Swedish War , the Swedes captured Selburg Castle in 1626 and set up a war camp there.

The place developed around the Stockmannshof estate and a railway station on the Riga - Dünaburg line . In 1902 there was a glass factory and a stone smelter, both of which were destroyed in the First World War.

In 1927 Pļaviņas received city rights . In 1956 the neighboring Gostiņi was incorporated.

Pļaviņu novads

In 2009 the city merged with three surrounding municipalities to form an administrative district (Pļaviņu novads). (See also: Administrative division of Latvia )

Views

View over the Düna to Stockmannshof
Sketch of Loxten Castle (Lokstenes pilsdrupas)

Sons and daughters

Inese Jaunzeme (* 1932), track and field athlete
Māris Bružiks (* 1962), track and field athlete
Raimonds Bergmanis (* 1966), weightlifter and politician

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. 617.
Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas pagasti. Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .

Footnotes

↑ Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā
^ Karl Eduard Napiersky (ed.): Monumenta Livoniae antiquae. Collection of chronicles, reports, documents and other written memorials and essays which serve to explain the history of Liv, Ehst and Kurland , vol. 2. Eduard Frantzen, Riga and Leipzig 1839, p. 13.

Web links

Official website of the city

[1] Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā

[2] Karl Eduard Napiersky (ed.): Monumenta Livoniae antiquae. Collection of chronicles, reports, documents and other written memorials and essays which serve to explain the history of Liv, Ehst and Kurland , vol. 2. Eduard Frantzen, Riga and Leipzig 1839, p. 13.