Skrīveri () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the Skrīveri Parish of

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 Admin ...

in the

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-centra ...

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 ...

, 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 Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland (also ''Godert'', ''Ketteler''; ; ; ; 2 February 1517 – 17 May 1587) was the last Master of the Livonian Order from 1559 to 1561 and the first Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, Duke of Courland and Semigallia f ...

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 Römershof train station was opened in 1882 village Skrīveri began to develop. Since 1892 at the latest, the estate has belonged to the Livonian dendrologist (1857–1919), who together with the garden architect Walter von Engelhardt founded a tree nursery and an

Arboretum An arboretum (: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees and shrubs of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arbor ...

. During the

1905 Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, was a revolution in the Russian Empire which began on 22 January 1905 and led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy under the Russian Constitution of 1906, th ...

the

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 mea ...

was destroyed. Hans Feldmann, Heinz von Zur Mühlen ''Baltisches historisches Ortslexikon'', Part 2 Böhlau, 760 pages, 1985. Page 517 In 1925, Skrīveri was granted village (

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 ...

) status, and in 1958 - an

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 So ...

status which was lost in 1990. In 1956, Skrīveri Food Factory was founded, which started producing the favorite candy " Gotiņa".

Geography

In the municipality of Skrīveri there is

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 ...

tributary and tributary which also includes a 10 hectare reservoir. Along the right bank of the river, there is a 3.6 km long tourist trail.

Climate

Skrīveri has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...

''Dfb'').

Demographics

Within existing limits, according to CSB data.

People

* * * Andrejs Upīts

References