Jūrkalne

Village in Latvia
Village in Ventspils, Latvia
57°00′22″N 21°23′13″E / 57.00611°N 21.38694°E / 57.00611; 21.38694CountryLatviaMunicipalityVentspilsParishJūrkalneElevation
14 m (46 ft)Population
 (2015)
 • Total238Time zoneUTC+2 (Eastern European Time) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (Eastern European Summer Time)Websitewww.jurkalne.lv

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

57°00′22″N 21°23′13″E / 57.00611°N 21.38694°E / 57.00611; 21.38694

References

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


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