Vecmīlgrāvis is a neighbourhood in
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the B ...
, the capital of
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
, located in the northern part of the city, about 12–14 km from the city centre.
From 1203 until 1305 the present Vecmīlgrāvis territory belonged to the
Daugavgrīva Abbey
Daugavgrīva Abbey or Dünamünde Abbey ( lv, Daugavgrīvas klosteris; german: Kloster Dünamünde; la, Mons S. Nicolai) was a Cistercian monastery in Daugavgrīva (german: Dünamünde) in Latvia, about 12 kilometres from Riga, of which Daugavgr ...
. In 1305 the abbey was sold to the
Livonian Order
The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order,
formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation.
History
The order was formed from the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword after t ...
and later it was included in the estate of
Mangaļi manor.
In 1922 Vecmīlgrāvis was included in the territory of Riga, but a real connection with the city occurred after 1934 when the bridge over the Mīlgrāvis Canal was built.
Neighbourhoods in Riga
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