Preiļi district

Preiļi district
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Basic data
Country	Latvia
Capital	Price
surface	365.3 km²
Residents	11,764 (2010)
density	32 inhabitants per km²
founding	2009
ISO 3166-2	LV-073
Website	www.preili.lv (Latvian)

56.3 26.716666666667Coordinates: 56 ° 18 ' N , 26 ° 43' E

The Preiļi District (Preiļu novads) is located in Latvia .

geography

The district is located in the southeast of the country.

population

After an administrative reform in 2009, the city and four rural communities formed a district. In 2010 there were 11,764 inhabitants here.

Anspoki

In the district is the small village of Anspoki (German Ansbach or Anspach ) with the ruins of the manor and manor house of the same name. Around 1900 it belonged to the Russian diplomat Konstantin Gulkewitsch. The painters Alexej von Jawlensky and Marianne von Werefkin stayed there in 1901/02 . Andreas Jawlensky , son of Alexej and Werefkin's maid Helene Nesnakomoff, was born there.

Web links

Commons : Preiļi Municipality - collection of images, videos and audio files

Preiļi district website

Individual evidence

↑ Anspoku (Anspaku) muižas medību pils. In: Vietas.lv , accessed December 15, 2018.
↑ Manor Anspach. In: Image catalog of the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe , accessed on December 15, 2018.
^ Brigitte Roßbeck: Marianne von Werefkin. The Russian from the Blue Rider's circle. Siedler, Munich 2010.

[1] Anspoku (Anspaku) muižas medību pils. In: Vietas.lv , accessed December 15, 2018.

[2] Manor Anspach. In: Image catalog of the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe , accessed on December 15, 2018.

[3] Brigitte Roßbeck: Marianne von Werefkin. The Russian from the Blue Rider's circle. Siedler, Munich 2010.