Lēdurga
Lēdurga is a village and the center of Lēdurga Parish, Sigulda Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. The village is located on both sides of the river Aģe, 18 km away from the municipality of Ragana, Latvia, Ragana and 64 km from Riga, the capital of Latvia. Lēdurga consists of parish administration, elementary school, House of Culture, sport center, Lēdurga's Lutheran church, dendrological park and open-air stage. Lēdurga is the birthplace of the Baltic German activist and writer Garlieb Merkel, the author of ''Die Letten'' ("The Latvians"), the book which first drew attention to the Latvians as more than just peasants. History Lēdurga (''Letthegore, Lettegore, Ledegore'') was first mentioned in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry in connection with events in the spring of the year 1211, when the Ridalians and the people of Saaremaa destroyed Bishop Albert of Riga, Albert's Livonian lands, including Lēdurga. William of Modena, the papal legate, conducted ...
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Lēdurga Parish
Lēdurga Parish () is an administrative unit of Sigulda Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t .... Towns, villages and settlements of Lēdurga Parish * References Parishes of Latvia Sigulda Municipality Vidzeme {{vidzeme-geo-stub ...
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