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Limbaži, the Glossary

Limbaži (Lemsalu, Lemsal, Limbaž) is a town in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia, with a population of 6,888.^[1]

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1385 establishments in Europe
Castles of the Livonian Order
Kreis Wolmar
Limbaži Municipality

Administrative divisions of Latvia before 2009

On 1 July 2009 the 26 districts of Latvia (rajons), introduced in 1949 by the Soviet occupation authorities to supersede counties (apriņķi, apriņķis, e.g. Rīgas apriņķis), were divided into 77 cities (pilsētas, pilsēta), 10 amalgamated municipalities (novadi, novads), 24 rural territories (lauku teritorijas, lauku teritorija) and 475 parishes (pagasti, pagasts).

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Albert of Riga

Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia (– 17 January 1229) was the third Catholic Bishop of Riga in Livonia.

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Alver (municipality)

Alver is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway.

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Anklam

Anklam, formerly known as Tanglim and Wendenburg, is a town in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. Limbaži and Anklam are Populated places established in the 13th century.

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Archbishopric of Riga

The Archbishopric of Riga (Archiepiscopatus Rigensis, Erzbisdom Riga) was an archbishopric in Medieval Livonia, a subject to the Holy See.

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Auseklis Limbaži Theatre

Auseklis Limbaži Theatre (Ausekļa Limbažu teātris) is one of the oldest amateur theatres in Latvia, which is based in the city of Limbaži.

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Canoe sprint

Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Dievs, svētī Latviju!

"Dievs, svētī Latviju!" ("God Bless Latvia!") is the national anthem of Latvia.

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Eastern European Summer Time

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Felt

Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibers together.

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Folk etymology

Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage.

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Goat

The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.

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Great Northern War

The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe.

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Ivan the Terrible

Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Иван IV Васильевич; 25 August 1530 –), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584.

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Jānis Bērziņš (basketball)

Jānis Bērziņš (born 4 May 1993) is a Latvian professional basketball player who currently plays for Kalev/Cramo of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga.

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Jānis Kalniņš (ice hockey)

Jānis Kalniņš (born 13 December 1991) is a Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender for Amur Khabarovsk of the KHL.

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Kārlis Baumanis

Kārlis Baumanis (11 May 1835 – 10 January 1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, was an ethnic Latvian composer in the Russian Empire.

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Klippan Municipality

Klippan Municipality (Klippans kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden.

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Latvia

Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

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Lübeck

Lübeck (Low German: Lübęk or Lübeek ˈlyːbeːk; Latin: Lubeca), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany.

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Limbaži Municipality

Limbaži Municipality (Limbažu novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia.

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Livonia

Livonia or in earlier records Livland, is a historical region on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea.

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Livonian language

The Livonian language (līvõ kēļ or rāndakēļ) is a Finnic language 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 Salaca River valley.

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Livonian Order

The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, formed in 1237.

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Livonian War

The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought for control of Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia).

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Livonians

The Livonians, or Livs, are a Balto-Finnic people indigenous to northern and northwestern Latvia.

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Luninyets

Luninyets or Luninets (Luniniec; Лунинец; Łuniniec; Luninecas; Luninitz) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus.

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Mārcis Ošs

Mārcis Ošs (born 25 July 1991) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for RFS and the Latvian national team.

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Metsepole

Mõtsa Pūol or Metsepole was a medieval Livonian county inhabited by the Finnic-speaking Livonians, situated on the east coast of the Gulf of Riga, in most part at the northwest of the Vidzeme region of what is now Latvia, and including some adjacent areas in the present-day Pärnu County of Estonia.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Minister (Christianity)

In Christianity, a minister is a person authorised by a church or other religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Panevėžys District Municipality

Panevėžys District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

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Peter the Great

Peter I (–), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, from 1721 until his death in 1725.

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Riga

Riga is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States.

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Sande Municipality (Vestfold)

Sande is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940

The Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 refers to the military occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the Soviet Union under the provisions of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany and its Secret Additional Protocol signed in August 1939.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbaži

Also known as Lemsal, Limbazi.

Limbaži, the Glossary

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See also

1385 establishments in Europe

Castles of the Livonian Order

Kreis Wolmar

Limbaži Municipality

References