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Jelgava (phát âm là [jælɡava] (tiếng Đức: Mitau) là một thành phố ở trung tâm Latvia, cách Riga khoảng 41 km về phía tây nam với khoảng 64.000 người. Đây là thành phố lớn nhất trong khu vực của Zemgale. Jelgava được biết đến như là thủ đô cũ của Lãnh địa công tước Courland, và là thủ đô của Governorate Courland tới năm 1919.
www .jelgava .lv. Jelgava ( pronounced [jælɡava] ⓘ) is a state city in central Latvia about 41 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of Riga. It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale (Semigalia). Jelgava was the capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1578–1795) and was the administrative center of the Courland ...
- 60.56 km² (23.38 sq mi)
- LV-300(1–9); LV-3024; LV-3035
- 13 m (43 ft)
- Latvia
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Article History. Formerly German: Mitau or. Russian: Mitava. Jelgava, Latvia. Jelgava, city, Latvia, on the Lielupe River southwest of Riga. In 1226 the Brothers of the Sword, a religious and military order, built the castle of Mitau there; town status was conferred on the settlement in 1376.
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History. Jelgava is situated in Zemgale plain, which formed by the end of Ice age in the place of Baltic ice lake. Thus, one can say that 6-7 thousand years ago Jelgava was under the water. The oldest camp of wanderers, hunters and fishers, is found 8km to the South from Jelgava; it was a shore of the sea at that time.
The Jelgava massacres were the killing of the Jewish population of the city of Jelgava, Latvia that occurred in the second half of July or in early August 1941. The murders were carried out by German police units under the command of Alfred Becu , with a significant contribution by Latvian auxiliary police organized by Mārtiņš Vagulāns .
- Second part of July or early August, 1941
- 21 survivors were transported to Ilūkste in August 1941
- Wilhelm Adelt
Jelgava Palace (Latvian: Jelgavas pils) or historically Mitau Palace (Latvian: Mītavas pils, German: Schloss Mitau) is the largest Baroque-style palace in the Baltic states. It was built in the 18th century based on the design of Bartolomeo Rastrelli as a residence for the Dukes of Courland in their capital of Mitau (today's Jelgava , Latvia ).
Sleep. Connect. Go next. Lielupe river and Jelgava palace. Jelgava (German: Mitau) is a city in Latvia about 41 km southwest of Riga . Understand. It is useful to understand that although from 1940 to 1991 Latvia was a constituent republic of the USSR, the official language is Latvian.
