Mazsalaca
Mazsalaca | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia |
| Municipality | Valmiera Municipality |
| Town rights | 1928 |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | LV-4215 |
| Calling code | +371 642 |
| Number of city council members | 9 |
| Website | http://www.mazsalaca.lv/public/eng/ |
Mazsalaca (pronounced [ˈmɑsːɑlɑtsɑ] <phonos file="Lv-Mazsalaca.ogg"></phonos>; Livonian: Piškisalāts, Estonian: Väike-Salatsi,[1] German: Salisburg) is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It has 1269 inhabitants.
History
[edit | edit source]The area includes the largest known Stone Age burial site in Northern Europe and was first settled ca. 5000 BC. The present town began to develop in 1864, when a bridge over the Salaca river was constructed.
During World War II, Mazsalaca was under German occupation from 4 July 1941 until 25 September 1944.[2] It was administered as a part of the Generalbezirk Lettland of Reichskommissariat Ostland.
In October 2009 a meteorite crater was found near the town,[3] which later turned out to be hoax as part of marketing campaign of telecommunication company Tele2.[4]
People
[edit | edit source]People who were born, lived in Mazsalaca:
- Gustavs Ērenpreiss (1891–1956) – manufacturer of bicycles
- Augusts Kirhenšteins (1876–1963) – microbiologist and educator
- Valters Hirte (1913–1983) – craftsman
- Ansis Epners (1937–2003) – film director
- Oskars Perro (1918–2003) – soldier and writer
See also
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[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Mazsalaca Municipality portal
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