| Salnava Manor | |
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| Latgale, Latvia | |
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  Salnava Manor | |
| Coordinates | 56°48′54″N27°33′12″E / 56.8150°N 27.5533°E |
| Type | Manor |
Salnava Manor is a manor in Salnava Parish, Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. [1] Presently Salnava Manor house is used as school building.
Salnava Manor was property of Barons Vulfiuss ( or Wulffius ) from the 1860s up until 1944. It came to the Wulfiuss family through Countess Jekaterina Sollugub who married into the Wulffius family. [2]
Ludza is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre of Ludza Municipality that is located nearby the Russian border. The population as of 2020 was 7,667.
Ludza District was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east.
The Ludza Estonians are a group of ethnic Estonians living in and around Ludza, south-eastern Latvia.
Rundēni parish is located in southwest Ludza District in Latvia. It borders on the Pildas, Nirza, Lauderu and Istras parishes of the Ludza District; the Škaunes and Ezernieku parishes of the Krāslava District; and the Kaunatas parish of Rezekne District. It is a distance of 33 km from the village of Rundēni at the parish centre up to District centre - Ludza. Up to Riga, the capital city of Latvia, it is 315 km.
Rundēni or Rundāni is a village in Rundēni Parish, Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. It is the center of Rundēni Parish. In the village converge roads from six villages Zirgi, Kaunata, Lauderi, Vecsloboda, Raypole and Sapožņiki.
Salnava Parish is an administrative unit of Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. Prior to the 2009 administrative reforms it was part of the former Ludza District.
Malnava Parish is an administrative territorial entity of Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. Prior to the 2009 administrative reforms it was part of the former Ludza District.
Apriķi Manor is a manor house in Laža Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality, in the historical region of Courland, in western Latvia.
Cēre Manor is a manor house in Cēres Parish in Tukums Municipality in the historical region of Courland, in western Latvia.
Biksti Manor is a manor house located in Biksti Parish, Dobele Municipality in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia. A two-story building constructed in rectangular shape, the estate comprises a large landscape park with rare species of trees. The manor currently houses the Biksti Elementary School.
Lielmēmele Manor, also called Mēmele, is a manor house in Mazzalve Parish, Nereta Municipality in the historical region of Selonia, in Latvia.
Malnava Manor is a manor in Malnava Parish, Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.
Kārsava Municipality is a former municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Goliševa Parish, Malnava Parish, Mērdzene Parish, Mežvidi Parish, Salnava Parish and Kārsava town, the administrative centre being Kārsava.
Ludza Municipality is a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Briģi Parish, Cirma Parish, Isnauda Parish, Istra Parish, Nirza Parish, Ņukši Parish, Pilda Parish, Pureņi Parish, Rundēni Parish and Ludza town, the administrative centre being Ludza.
Ludza Castle was a medieval castle built in Gothic style located next to a Catholic church, on the site of a former Latgalian wooden castle in the centre Ludza, Latvia, a small town in eastern Latgale. Its main purpose was to be an eastern outpost to control trade routes from Russia. Nowadays the impressive fragments of the castle walls, including a three-floor high fragment, still remain. The ruins are the main tourist attraction in the Ludza District, and is considered a symbol of the town.
Ludzas apriņķis was a subdivision of the Republic of Latvia and the Latvian SSR. Its administrative centre was Ludza.
The Ludza dialect or Lutsi is a dialect of South Estonian that was spoken in Latvia by the Ludza Estonians near the town of Ludza in Latvia. Ludza is the most similar to the Seto dialect of South Estonian. The Ludza dialect has historically been on a decline and is now extinct. It was estimated that around 800 people spoke Ludza in 1894, and by 1936 this number had decreased to only around 30 to 40 people. The last native speaker of the Ludza dialect was Nikolājs Nikonovs, who was from the village of Lielie Tjapši. He died in 2006, but some people still have limited knowledge of the dialect. The last knowledgeable language user with passive knowledge, Antonīna Nikonova, died later in 2014.
The Latgale Party is a regionalist political party in Latvia representing the Latgalian minority of Latvia. It cooperates with the New Unity coalition and since 2014, it has been led by Jānis Lāčplēsis and Aldis Adamovičs.
Malnava, also spelled Malnova, is a village and the parish center of Malnava Parish in Ludza Municipality, Latvia.
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