Sīkrags ( Livonian: ''Sīkrõg'') is a small village in

Kolka Parish Kolka parish (, ) is an administrative unit of Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Villages of Kolka parish * Kolka, Latvia, Kolka - parish administrative center * Košrags * Mazirbe * Pitrags * Saunags * Sīkrags * Uši * Vaid ...

Talsi Municipality Talsi Municipality (; Livonian language, Livonian: ) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Abava parish, Balgale parish, Ģibuļi parish, Īve parish, Ķūļciems parish, Laidze pa ...

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. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on ''Līvõd rānda'' - the

Livonian Coast Livonian Coast (; ), also known as Livonia, is a culturally protected territory of Latvia that was historically inhabited by Livonian people. It is located in Northern Courland and encompasses twelve Livonian villages. The protected area is ab ...

and one of the oldest. Sīkrags was mentioned in writing as early as 1387 and served as one of the most important small ports in northern Kurzeme during the 17th century. During

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, German troops built a station of the

Stende Stende (; ) is a town in Talsi Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. History The settlement was on the land of the manor Stende since the 14th century. The whole of it was owned originally by the lord of the manor Philipp von der B ...

Ventspils Ventspils () is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and ...

narrow gauge railway near the village. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia Sīkrags was one of the few places on the sealed-off Livonian Coast where local fishing was permitted. In 1955, a small fish processing plant was built in the village, but was closed ten years later, dealing a blow to the growth of the village. The is situated on the west side of the village (). Other names of the village include Sīkraga, Sikrag, Sīkraguciems.

Notable people

Pētõr Damberg Pētõr Damberg (, , (); March 9, 1909, Sīkrags – April 25, 1987) was a Latvian Livonians, Livonian linguist, poet and teacher. He graduated from a teacher's school in Jelgava and worked as a Livonian language teacher. He worked on developin ...

, Livonian linguist, poet and teacher was born in Sīkrags. * Hilda Cerbaha-Grīva (1910–1984), Musician and Conductor of the livischen Folklore-Ensemble Kandla in Ventspils.

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Populated places in Talsi Municipality {{Courland-geo-stub

Notable people

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