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 | |
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Village | |
 Monument to the victims of wars and revolutions in Jūrkalne | |
  Jūrkalne Location in Latvia | |
| Coordinates: 57°00′22″N 21°23′13″E / 57.00611°N 21.38694°E | |
| Country | Latvia |
| Municipality | Ventspils |
| Parish | Jūrkalne |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 238 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (Eastern European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (Eastern European Summer Time) |
| Website | www |
Jūrkalne was the birthplace of Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, the Jewish ethnologist and musicologist.
References
edit- ^ Das Inland. Eine Wochenschrift für Liv-, Esth- und Curländische Nr. 44, (15. August, 1844) S. 522
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