Dzelzāmurs is a village in the

Iecava Parish Iecava Parish () is one of the subdivisions of Bauska Municipality in its northern part. It surrounds the city of Iecava, which serves as the extraterritorial parish center. It is bordered by Code, Dāviņi, Mežotne, Stelpe and Vecumnieki ...

Bauska Municipality Bauska Municipality () is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Brunava parish, Ceraukste parish, Code parish, Dāviņi parish, Gailīši parish, Īslīce parish, Mežotne parish, Vecs ...

in the

Semigallia Semigallia is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located to the south of the Daugava and to the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. The territory is split between Latvia and Lithuania, previously inhabited by the Semigallian Baltic tri ...

region of

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. It is located in the northeast of the parish on the left bank of Misa, 13 km from the parish center

Iecava Iecava () () is a town on the European route E67, via Baltica in Bauska Municipality, in the Semigallia region of southern Latvia. The town has a population of around 9700 people. Iecava lies 40 km south of Riga and 23 km north of Bau ...

, 35.5 km from the county center

Bauska Bauska () is a town in its Bauska Municipality, eponymous municipality, found in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia. Bauska is located from the Latvian capital Riga, 62 km (38.5 mi) from Jelgava and from the Lithuanian border on t ...

and 41 km from

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

. The village was formed near the former Dzelzāmurs forest estate ''(Eisenhammer)''. Dzelzāmurs hunting palace was built in

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(cultural and historical monument). The palace is a

log building Log buildings and structures can be categorized as historic and modern. They are placed in opposition to wooden structures built using frameworks, according to Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. A diverse selection of their forms and styles with examples of ...

decorated with

wood carving Wood carving (or woodcarving) is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculpture, ...

s, which belonged to the owner of the Lieliecava manor, Count Peter von der Pahlen. Currently a guest house.

Population

Within existing borders, using CSP and OSP data.

References

Populated places in Bauska Municipality Villages in Semigallia {{Zemgale-geo-stub