Ērģeme (Estonian: Härgmäe) is a village in Valka municipality, Latvia, and the centre of Ērģeme parish. It is the location of the ruins of Ērģeme Castle, an Ordensburg which was built in the 14th century in place of an ancient Estonian hillfort, then part of Sakala county.

Ērģeme
Village
Ērģeme is located in Latvia
Ērģeme
Ērģeme
Lejasciems's location in Latvia
Coordinates: 57°48′19.82″N 25°48′56.98″E / 57.8055056°N 25.8158278°E / 57.8055056; 25.8158278
Country Latvia
MunicipalityValka
ParishĒrģeme
Population
 (2007)
 • Total321
Websiteergeme.lv

Ērģeme Castle

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