Tukums

Tukums ( German : Tuckum)

Basic data

State :

Latvia

Landscape:

Courland ( Latvian : Kurzeme )

Administrative district :

Tukuma novads

Coordinates :

56 ° 58 ' N , 23 ° 9' E Coordinates: 56 ° 58 '0 " N , 23 ° 9' 12" E

Residents :

18,923 (Jan. 1, 2016)

Area :

12.9 km²

Population density :

1,467 inhabitants per km²

Height :

206 m

City law:

since 1795

Website:

www.tukums.lv

Post Code:

3101, 3102, 3104

ISO code:

Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity.

Tukums ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ; German Tuckum ) is a city in Latvia 66 km west of Riga . In 2016 Tukums had 18,923 inhabitants.

history

The place name, first mentioned in writing in 1253, comes from the Liv language . This tribe, mixed with the Kurds , populated the area in the 13th century when the Crusaders arrived. In 1445 there was a market town protected by hookwork . In 1546 the Reformation was carried out.

Tuckum became a district town in 1795 under Empress Catherine II . An economic upswing set in. In 1860 there were paved streets and in 1875 street lights. In 1877 the Riga – Tuckum railway line was opened. In the revolutionary year of 1905 , the Zionist movement Poale Zion set up a combat group to protect the Jewish population from pogroms ; the Bundists took part in the Latvian People's Militia. 120 people died during the fighting, and especially during the brutal suppression of the uprising by Russian troops. During the First World War, Tukums was under German occupation from 1915 onwards. In 1923 the city got electricity.

During the Second World War , heavy fighting took place near Tukums in the autumn of 1944, when units of the Wehrmacht were fighting clear connections to the Army Group North in the east. In 1945 Tukums was part of the Kurland cauldron .

Tukums remained a district center during the Soviet period. The city was home to a Red Army air force base .

coat of arms

Description: In silver, a green mountain with three green fir trees .

Educational institutions

The city has a college, a grammar school, two middle schools, an evening school, three elementary schools, an art school, a music school and a sports school.

Buildings

sons and daughters of the town

Otto August Rosenberger (1800–1890), German astronomer
Alexander von Boetticher (1812–1893), German engineer, builder of the Riga port, privy councilor
Karl Dannenberg (1832-1892), German-Baltic pedagogue
Mordechai Nurock (1884–1962), Jewish politician
Kurt Stavenhagen (1884–1951), German-Baltic philosopher
Ādolfs Bļodnieks (1889–1962), Latvian politician
Alexis Freiherr von Roenne (1903–1944), German officer and resistance fighter
Georges Dancigers (1908–1993), Russian-French film producer
Georgs Andrejevs (* 1932), Latvian politician
Dainis Kūla (* 1959), track and field athlete
Elza Gulbe (* 1993), rower
Aurēlija Šimkus (* 1997), pianist and composer

Twin cities

Tukums maintains a city partnership with the following cities and towns :

Sweden Tidaholm ( Sweden ) (since 1992)
Germany Scheeßel ( Germany ) (since 1992)
Lithuania Plungė ( Lithuania ) (since 1996)
Russia Krasnogorsk ( Russia ) (since 1996)
Israel Bnei Ayish ( Israel ) (since 2000)
Ukraine Isjum ( Ukraine ) (since 2003)
France Chennevieres ( France ) (since 2004)
Belarus Karelitschy ( Belarus ) (since 2005)
Poland Andrychów ( Poland ), since 2008

Tukuma novads

In 2009 the city merged with 10 surrounding communities of the former district to form one administrative district. (See also: Administrative division of Latvia ) In 2010, 33,396 inhabitants were registered.

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. 651-652.
Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .

Web links

Commons : Tukums - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā
^ ^A ^b Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 2: Latvia (South Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 651.
↑ Svetlana Bogojavlenska: The Jewish society in Kurzeme and Riga, 1795-1915 . Schöningh, Paderborn 2012, ISBN 978-3-506-77128-5 , p. 130.
^ Tukum's website - twinning-partners

[1] Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā

[BHO_651-2] A ^b Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 2: Latvia (South Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 651.

[3] Svetlana Bogojavlenska: The Jewish society in Kurzeme and Riga, 1795-1915 . Schöningh, Paderborn 2012, ISBN 978-3-506-77128-5 , p. 130.

[4] Tukum's website - twinning-partners