Saka, Latvia
Saka ( lv , Saka, until 1918 german: Sackenhausen) is a village in Pāvilosta Municipality Latvia, the administrative center of Saka Parish. Located at the confluence of the rivers Durba and Tebra, forming the river Saka. The regional highway P111 ( Ventspils — Grobiņa) passes nearby. The distance to the city Liepaja is about 52 km. According to the data for 2017, 33 people lived in the settlement. There is a Parish administration, a library, a guest house, Lutheran and Baptist churches. History According to written sources, the name "Saccze" or "Sacese" was first mentioned in 1230 in the documents of Course State.S. Rusmanis, I. Viks "Kurzeme". Publication "Latvian Encyclopedia", 1993. The settlement has formed on the former Sackenhausen estate. The construction of the castle may have started soon after 1386, when Courland bishop Otto acquired place owned by Arnold Lindal. It is believed that the bishop ordered the construction of a castle here to ensure un ...
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Pāvilosta Municipality
Pāvilosta Municipality ( lv, Pāvilostas novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Pāvilosta town, Saka parish and Vērgale parish the administrative centre being Pāvilosta. The population in 2020 was 2,524. Pāvilosta Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly-formed South Kurzeme Municipality.
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