Rūjiena
Rūjiena ( German : Rujen) | ||
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State : | Latvia | |
Landscape: | Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme ) | |
Administrative district : | Rūjienas novads | |
Coordinates : | 57 ° 54 ' N , 25 ° 20' E | |
Residents : | 3,088 (Jan 1, 2016) | |
Area : | 7.8 km² | |
Population density : | 396 inhabitants per km² | |
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City law: | since 1920 | |
Website: | www.rujiena.lv | |
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Rūjiena (German: Rujen , Estonian Ruhja ) is a city in northern Latvia on the small river Rūja . In 2016 it had 3,088 inhabitants. The city likes to call itself the most Latvian of all Latvian cities (5% other nationalities).
history
The history of Rūjiena goes back to the 14th century . At that time, the village came into being near an Ordensburg Rujen , which was probably built between 1256 and 1261 . The castle was destroyed by Russian troops during the Livonian War in 1560 . Rūjiena was then rebuilt. The pastor Gustav Bergmann (1749–1814, great-grandfather of the surgeon Ernst von Bergmann ) set up an in-house printer near the church in 1782. With this he printed the first collection of Latvian folk songs in 1807 .
In 1919 the Latvian North Corps under Colonel Jorģis Zemitāns was set up in Rūjiena with the help of Estonia . From 1937 to 1944 and from 1977 to 1996 there was a railway line to Riga, which ended in the city.
Economy and Infrastructure
- There is a middle school as well as a school each for art, sports and music.
- The local dairy has been producing a well-known ice cream since 1988 with 20 different flavors.
Born in Rūjiena
- Adam Jende (Latvian Ādams Jende; 1861–1918), pastor and martyr
- Arturs Alberings (1877–1934), politician
- Evgenija Nikolajewna Jegorowa (actually Marta-Ella Lepin; 1892–1938), politician
- Gustavs Klucis (1895–1938), photographer and avant-garde artist
- Edvīns bidding tags (1908–1983), wrestler
Rūjienas novads
Since 2009 the city has formed an administrative community with 4 surrounding communities. In 2010, 6144 residents were registered.
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. 527-528.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ «Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā"
- ↑ a b Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local lexicon, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 527.
- ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 528.