Valdemārpils
| Valdemārpils ( German : Sassmacken) | |||
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 Latvia
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| Landscape: | Courland ( Latvian : Kurzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Talsu novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 57 ° 22 ' N , 22 ° 36' E | ||
| Residents : | 1,402 (Jul 1, 2016) | ||
| Area : | 3 km² | ||
| Population density : | 467 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| City law: | since 1917 | ||
| Website: | www.valdemarpils.lv | ||
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Valdemārpils (until 1926 Sasmaka , German Saßmacken ) is a town in northwestern Latvia in the Courland region . In 2016 Valdemārpils had 1,402 inhabitants.
history
Remnants of Scandinavian dragon ships were found around the place . In 1231 the Curonian settlement is mentioned in a document . From 1253 this belonged to the diocese of Courland . In 1580, Saßmacken was first mentioned in a document as "Sansmagen". It is believed that the trading center formed after 1570 when Bishop Magnus allowed the Jews to settle in the diocese.
Due to the economic upswing during the time of Jakob Kettler , Saßmacken also developed, which was given a church in 1646 and market rights in 1656 . The merchandise was shipped down the Roja River to the Roja port of the same name . During the Second Northern War the area was devastated by the Swedes and in the plague epidemic of 1711 during the Great Northern War the place almost died out.
In 1795, Saßmacken fell to the Russian Empire as part of the Duchy of Courland and from then on belonged to the Governorate of Courland . The trade revived. In 1863 there were 1182 (83.1%) residents of Jewish faith. Saßmacken was known as the " Jewish capital" of Courland. In addition to the synagogue , there was a Lutheran and an Orthodox church. There were also various schools and colleges.
During the First World War , Kurland was occupied by the Germans from 1915 . At the beginning of 1917, a narrow-gauge connection with Roja was established and Saßmacken was granted city rights.
In the now independent Latvia , the composition of the population changed fundamentally after 1920 due to the influx of Latvians (1935: 82%) and the emigration of many Jews and Baltic Germans .
In 1926 the city was renamed "Valdemārpils" in honor of Krišjānis Valdemārs , the journalist, writer and founder of the Young Latvians ' movement , who had been a teacher in Saßmacken at a young age. In the 1930s the city experienced an economic boom.
During the Second World War , the place was first occupied by the Red Army (1940) and then by the Wehrmacht (1941–1945). During the time of the Latvian SSR there were various industrial plants.
See also
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. 546-547.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
Web links
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. 547.
- ↑ a b Sigurds Rušmanis, Ivars VIKS: Kurzeme . Izdevniecība Latvijas Enciklopēdija, Riga 1993, ISBN 5-89960-030-6 , p. 136 (Latvian).