Stende
| Stende ( German : Stenden) | |||
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 Latvia
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| Landscape: | Courland ( Latvian : Kurzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Talsu novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 57 ° 9 ' N , 22 ° 32' E | ||
| Residents : | 1,741 (Aug 26, 2018) | ||
| Area : | 4.5 km² | ||
| Population density : | 387 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 90 m | ||
| Website: | www.stende.lv | ||
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Stende (German: Stenden ) is a small town in western Latvia . In 2018 it had 1741 inhabitants.
The place name comes from the Stende river that flows by here.
history
The place arose on the area of the Stenden manor , which had existed since the 14th century , when a railway station was established on the Riga - Ventspils route in 1904 . During the First World War , Stende was occupied by German troops in 1915. For better transport connections to the port of Roja, they had a narrow-gauge railway built from there to Stende, where it met the main line.
In 1991, Stende was granted city rights.
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 , p. 615.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās (= population figures in the self-governing districts of Latvia), as of July 1, 2018 (Latvian), p. 20, accessed on July 1, 2020.
- ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 615.
- ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 516.