• Kurzeme District (Latvian: Kurzemes rajons) is one of six administrative districts of Riga, the capital of Latvia. Kurzeme is the Latvian name for Courland...
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  • a province in Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) Kurzeme District, Riga, an administrative district of Riga, Latvia Courland (Saeima constituency), constituency...
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    Courland (redirect from Kurzeme region)
    Press, 2012 Latvia portal Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kurzeme. Courland (Kurland) / Kurzeme Courland Courland 1641–1795 Kurland Winter Ritterschaften...
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    five historical Latvian regions: Vidzeme, Latgale, Kurzeme, Zemgale, and Sēlija. The state city of Riga, a Baltic metropolis, is a historical part of Vidzeme...
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    Kurzeme Region (Latvian: Kurzemes reģions), officially Kurzeme Planning Region (Latvian: Kurzemes plānošanas reģions), is one of the five planning regions...
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  • The administrative divisions of Riga consists of six administrative entities: Central District, Kurzeme District, Latgale Suburb, Northern District, Vidzeme...
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    gave up Kurzeme and Vidzeme (but not Latgale). The National Council protested against the splitting of Latvian lands and the annexation of Kurzeme by Germany...
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    Latgale Suburb (50 km2 or 19 sq mi) Riga's administrative divisions consist of six administrative entities: Central, Kurzeme and Northern districts and the...
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    Kurzeme Region Zemgale Region Riga Region Vidzeme Region Latgale Region There are five planning regions of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas plānošanas reģioni);...
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    of Planning Regions". After the 2021 reform some Riga Region's lands were incorporated into Kurzeme and Vidzeme. Planning regions of Latvia Administrative...
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    Kokle (redirect from Kurzeme kokles)
    playing differences between the regional types of Latgale and Kurzeme instruments. In Kurzeme kokles was generally played while sitting on a stool, bench...
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    Courland (Latvian: Kurzeme; Russian: Курземе) is one of the five multi-member constituencies of the Saeima, the national legislature of Latvia. The constituency...
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    regions in Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas statistiskie reģioni) are Kurzeme, Latgale, Pierīga, Rīga, Vidzeme and Zemgale. Statistical regions were established...
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    Latvijas plānošanas reģioni) after a 2021 reform: Kurzeme Planning Region, Latgale Planning Region, Riga Planning Region, Vidzeme Planning Region and Zemgale...
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    well-known rivalry is the Kurzeme derby (Kurzemes derbijs) between Ventspils and Liepāja. The two biggest clubs in Kurzeme have played 86 matches between...
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    Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty on 11 August 1920. The war can be divided into a few stages: Soviet offensive, German-Latvian liberation of Kurzeme and Riga, Estonian-Latvian...
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    South Kurzeme Municipality (Latvian: Dienvidkurzemes novads) is one of the 35 municipalities established in Latvia in 2021. It surrounds Liepāja, Latvia's...
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    of Kurzeme were subordinate to the governor-general of the Baltic Provinces (German: Generalgouverneur der Ostseeprovinzen)., who resided in the Riga Castle...
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    the Baltic Sea. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region and the third-largest in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an important ice-free...
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    Latvian Rifleman and later colonel (since 1925), commander of the 1st Kurzeme Division of the Latvian Army and commander of the Eastern Front during...
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    Kurland-Brückenkopf (Courland Bridgehead), Latvian: Kurzemes katls (Courland Cauldron) or Kurzemes cietoksnis (Courland Fortress). Frieser 2007, p. 661...
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  • Hospital Liepāja Regional Hospital Rēzekne Hospital Vidzeme Hospital North Kurzeme Regional Hospital - Ventspils, Latvia "Financial troubles. Daugavpils Hospital...
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  • residents. The Curonian Kings was the inhabitants of seven villages of Kurzeme (Ķoniņi [lv], Pliķi [lv], Kalēju [lv], Ziemeļu [lv], Viesalga [lv], Sausgaļi [lv]...
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    August 1977) was an Austrian Nazi SS-Obersturmführer and commandant of the Riga Ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities...
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    Imanta (category Neighbourhoods in Riga)
    Imanta is a neighbourhood on the western edge of Riga, Latvia. The neighbourhood's northern border is Kurzeme Prospekts (Boulevard); and in the south, Imanta...
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    2008, Jānis Streičs shot the film Rudolf's Gold on the lot, simulating a Kurzeme farmstead. Lonely Planet (2012). Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania Travel Guide...
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    1973), Ķemeri National Park in Zemgale (1997), Slītere National Park in Kurzeme (1999), and Rāzna National Park in Latgale (2007). Latvia has a long tradition...
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  • school in Riga was founded in 1789. Latgale was incorporated into the Russian Empire after the first Partition of Poland in 1772, Kurzeme and Zemgale...
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    whose native land is the Livonian Coast of the Gulf of Riga, located in the north of the Kurzeme peninsula in Latvia but also used to be spoken in the...
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    Shouting Distance]. Riga: Liesma (1984) Kurzemes klade [A Notebook of Kurzeme]. Riga: Liesma (1982) Pulksteņu ezers [A Lake of Clocks]. Riga: Liesma (1979)...
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