Jūrkalne

Jūrkalne is a village in Latvia. It is the centre of a parish of the same name within Ventspils Municipality on the Baltic coast. Its former German name was Feliksberg (Felixberg), but its former Latvian name was Medeņciems (Meddenzeem).[1]

Jūrkalne
Village
Monument to the victims of wars and revolutions in Jūrkalne
Jūrkalne
Location in Latvia
Coordinates: 57°00′22″N 21°23′13″E
CountryLatvia
MunicipalityVentspils
ParishJūrkalne
Elevation
14 m (46 ft)
Population
 (2015)
  Total238
Time zoneUTC+2 (Eastern European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Websitewww.jurkalne.lv

Jūrkalne was the birthplace of Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, the Jewish ethnologist and musicologist.

References

  1. Das Inland. Eine Wochenschrift für Liv-, Esth- und Curländische Nr. 44, (15. August, 1844) S. 522
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