Dzimtmisa (formerly also Misa, Misas) is a settlement 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

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 ...

. It is located in the north of the parish by the A7 highway, 10 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 ...

, 32.5 km from the municipality 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 35 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 settlement was formed around the center of the former Misa (Dzimtmisa) manor (Misshof or Mißhof). The first Misa manor was built in 1560 on the site of Poutelene, the center of the ancient Semigallian river shore district, its owner was Lukas Wolff. Later, the manor belonged to Johann Trader. The last owner of the manor was Baron Reichold. The manor's house was built in the 19th century and rebuilt several times. In Dzimtmisa there used to be an elementary school, then there is the

Ziemeļi Ziemeļi (International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: Help:IPA/Latvian, /ziemeʎi/ ;) is a village in the Iecava Parish of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It is located in the north of the parish on the banks of Putrupe near the ...

Library, and a store. The private zoo "Dobuļi" is located 1 km from Dzimtmisa. The first school in Dzimtmisa was founded in 1877, from 1920 in the manor building. From 1950 to 1997, it was called the

School.

Population

In current borders, after CSP and OSP data.

Notable people

* Jānis Zakranovičs (1836—1908), Latvian Lutheran pastor, author of sermons, head of the Latvian Literary Society from 1895 to 1903.

References

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