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Skrīveri
Skrīveri () is a village in the Skrīveri Parish of Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, near the Riga–Daugavpils Railway. Skrīveri had 2,424 residents in 2022. The village is the location of the parish council, the Andrejs Upītis Skrīveri Secondary School, music and art school, kindergarten "Sprīdītis", Latvijas Pasts office, Catholic church, culture house (cultural center), library and the Andrejs Upīts Memorial Museum. South of Skrīveri, near the highway A6 is , Aizkraukle Hillfort and Skrīveri Agricultural Research Institute. History The settlement is located on the land of the former ''Römerhof'' estate, which Gotthard Kettler had given to a certain Stephan Römer. This is how the name came about. In 1634 property became part of . The Latvian name Skrīveri is derived from the (to write) since in 1634 the property became possession of the Swedish notary Johann Niemier, who was also referred simply as the “scribe”. When the Rö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skrīveri Agricultural Research Institute
Skrīveri () is a village in the Skrīveri Parish of Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, near the Riga–Daugavpils Railway. Skrīveri had 2,424 residents in 2022. The village is the location of the parish council, the Andrejs Upītis Skrīveri Secondary School, music and art school, kindergarten "Sprīdītis", Latvijas Pasts office, Catholic church, culture house (cultural center), library and the Andrejs Upīts Memorial Museum. South of Skrīveri, near the highway A6 road (Latvia), A6 is , Aizkraukle Hillfort and Skrīveri Agricultural Research Institute. History The settlement is located on the land of the former ''Römerhof'' estate, which Gotthard Kettler had given to a certain Stephan Römer. This is how the name came about. In 1634 property became part of . The Latvian name Skrīveri is derived from the (to write) since in 1634 the property became possession of the Swedish notary Johann Niemier, who was also referred simply as the “scribe”. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skrīveri Parish
Skrīveri () is a village in the Skrīveri Parish of Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, near the Riga–Daugavpils Railway. Skrīveri had 2,424 residents in 2022. The village is the location of the parish council, the Andrejs Upītis Skrīveri Secondary School, music and art school, kindergarten "Sprīdītis", Latvijas Pasts office, Catholic church, culture house (cultural center), library and the Andrejs Upīts Memorial Museum. South of Skrīveri, near the highway A6 is , Aizkraukle Hillfort and Skrīveri Agricultural Research Institute. History The settlement is located on the land of the former ''Römerhof'' estate, which Gotthard Kettler had given to a certain Stephan Römer. This is how the name came about. In 1634 property became part of . The Latvian name Skrīveri is derived from the (to write) since in 1634 the property became possession of the Swedish notary Johann Niemier, who was also referred simply as the “scribe”. When the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrejs Upīts
Andrejs Upīts (4 December 1877 – 17 November 1970) was a Latvian people, Latvian teacher, poet and short story writer. Career and literary activity He was born in Skrīveri, Governorate of Livonia, Livonia. He graduated from the parish school in Skrīveri, then continued his self-study, devoting himself mainly to the study of languages such as German, Russian, English, French and Italian. He worked as a teacher, translator, and was also an active civil servant. Andrejs Upīts, while writing for the newspaper "Mājas viesis" under the pseudonym Andrei Araji in 1892, published his first articles, ''Parunas, Skrīveros uzrakstītas'' (Recorded Proverbs of Skrīveri parish, Skrīveri) (No. 15) and ''Kā mūsu senči agrāk Vidzemē dzīvojuši'' (How Our Ancestors Once Lived in Vidzeme) (No. 20). Upīts wrote novels, stories, drama, tragedy, comedy, poetry, satire, journalism, and literary criticism. His children's novel, ''Sūnu ciema zēni'' (''The Boys of Moss Village''), is in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizkraukle Municipality
Aizkraukle Municipality () is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. Its center is the town of Aizkraukle. The municipality was first formed in 2001 by merging Aizkraukle and Aizkraukle Parish. The population in 2020 was 8,024. As a part of the Administrative divisions of Latvia, 2021 Latvian administrative reform, the municipalities of Aizkraukle, Jaunjelgava Municipality, Jaunjelgava, Koknese Municipality, Koknese, Nereta Municipality, Nereta, Pļaviņas Municipality, Pļaviņas and Skrīveri Municipality, Skrīveri were merged into a new Aizkraukle Municipality. The new municipality encompasses nearly all of the area of the former Aizkraukle district, with the omission of Kurmene Parish and Valle Parish. It borders Lithuania and is partially located both in Vidzeme and Selonia. Subdivisions * Aiviekste Parish * Aizkraukle Parish * Aizkraukle * Bebri Parish * Daudzese Parish * Irši Parish * Jaunjelgava Parish * Jaunjelgava * Klintaine Parish * Koknese Parish * Koknese * Mazzalve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skrīveri Station
Skrīveri Station is a railway station on the Riga – Daugavpils Railway, 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 .... References External links *Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz)– state-owned company managing public railway infrastructure in Latvia. *Pasažieru vilciens (Vivi)– sole passenger train operating company in Latvia. Railway stations in Latvia opened in 1861 Aizkraukle Municipality Vidzeme {{Latvia-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', ) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River. Sometimes in German, it was also known as ''Livland'', the German form from Latin ''Livonia'', though it comprises only a small part of Medieval Livonia and about half (the Latvian part) of Swedish Livonia. Most of the region's inhabitants are Latvians (85%), thus Vidzeme is the most ethnically Latvian region in the country. The historic Governorate of Livonia is also larger than Vidzeme, since it corresponds roughly to Swedish Livonia. History In ancient times, the territory of Vidzeme was inhabited by Latgalians and Livonians, Livs (near the coast of the Gulf of Riga and along the lower reaches of the Daugava River, Daugava and Gauja rivers). Until the Livonian Crusade, German conquest in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga–Daugavpils Railway
The Riga–Daugavpils railway line () is a long railway line in Latvia which connects the cities of Riga in central Latvia and Daugavpils in south-eastern Latvia. The railway line is double track between Riga and Krustpils and single track between Krustpils and Daugavpils. It is electrified between Riga and Aizkraukle. The track gauge is (Russian gauge). It was built in 1861, and is one the oldest railway lines in Latvia. History The railway line was opened on 21 September 1861 as one of the first railway lines in the present territory of Latvia. It was a part of the Riga–Oryol railway line, a long railway line in the Russian Empire, constructed to connect the Baltic Sea at Riga with Oryol in central Russia. At Daugavpils the line connected with the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daugava
The Daugava ( ), also known as the Western Dvina or the Väina River, is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea. The Daugava rises close to the source of the Volga. It is in length, of which are in Latvia and in Russia. It is a westward-flowing river, tracing out a great south-bending curve as it passes through northern Belarus. The city of Ķekava is located 6 miles south of the west bank of the river. Latvia's capital, Riga, bridges the river's estuary four times. Built on both riverbanks, the city centre is from the river's mouth and is a significant port. Etymology According to Max Vasmer's ''Etymological Dictionary'', the toponym Dvina cannot stem from a Uralic language; instead, it possibly comes from an Indo-European word which used to mean 'river' or 'stream'. The name ''Dvina'' strongly resembles '' Danuvius'' which is itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''*dānu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krówki
Krówki (, plural; ''krówka'' Grammatical number, singular), literally a dimunitive form of the Polish word for "cow," are Poland, Polish fudge, semi-soft milk toffee candy, candies. When hand-made, they are hard and crispy on the outside, but the inside is more fluid than solid. It is one of the most common Polish confections, sold worldwide, and might be considered "''dulce de leche'' candy". Commercially, many brands are available; most of them have each individual candy wrapped in white-and-yellow paper with a picture of a Holstein (cattle), Holstein cow. Widely known across Europe even before the end of the Cold War, they are something of an equivalent of the White Rabbit Creamy Candy famous across East Asia, or Scottish Tablet (confectionery), Tablet. The original recipe usually contains milk, sugar, and sometimes butter, cream and vanilla flavor. There are also fruit (e.g. banana), cocoa, coffee, nut, liquorice candy, liquorice flavored ''krówki'' available, as well as ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban-type Settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the Soviet Union and later also for a short time in People's Republic of Bulgaria, socialist Bulgaria and Polish People's Republic, socialist Poland. It remains in use today in nine of the post-Soviet states. The designation was used in all 15 member republics of the Soviet Union from 1922. It was introduced later in Poland (1954) and Bulgaria (1964). All the urban-type settlements in Poland were transformed into other types of settlement (town or village) in 1972. In Bulgaria and five of the post-Soviet republics (Armenia, Moldova, and the three Baltic states), they were changed in the early 1990s, while Ukraine followed suit in 2023. Today, this term is still used in the other nine post-Soviet republics – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selsoviet
A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: *The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area. *The territorial subdivision administered by such a council. *The building of the selsoviet administration. Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they were preserved as a third tier of administrative-territorial division throughout Ukraine, Belarus, and many of the federal subjects of Russia. A selsoviet is a rural administrative division of a raion (district) that includes one or several smaller rural localities and is in a subordination to its respective raion administration. The name refers to the local rural self-administration, the rural soviet (council), a part of the Soviet system of administration. The head of a selsoviet is called chairman, who had to be appointed by hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor House
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets. The term is today loosely (though erroneously) applied to various English country houses, mostly at the smaller end of the spectrum, sometimes dating from the Late Middle Ages, which currently or formerly house the landed gentry. Manor houses were sometimes fortified, albeit not as fortified as castles, but this was often more for show than for defence. They existed in most European countries where feudalism was present. Function The lord of the manor may have held several properties within a county or, for example in the case of a feudal baron, spread across a kingdom, which he occupied only on occasional visits. Even so, the business of the manor was directed and controlled by regular mano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
