Feimaņi; ( pl, Fejmany, german: Fehmen) is a village in

Latgale Latgale ( ltg, Latgola; ; ger, Lettgallen; be, Латгалія, Łathalija; pl, Łatgalia; la, Lettgallia), also known as Latgalia is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. It is the easternmost region and is north of the Daugava River. While m ...

, in Rēzekne Municipality. Feimaņi is the administrative centre of

Feimaņi Parish Feimaņi Parish ( lv, Feimaņu pagasts) is an administrative unit of Rēzekne Municipality Rēzekne Municipality ( lv, Rēzeknes novads) is a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Audriņi parish, Bērz ...

. It is located 33 kilometers from the municipality centre Rēzekne and 229 kilometers away from the capital city of

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. The population as of 2020 was 298.

History

According to Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, the village of Feimaņi was first mentioned in 1558. Village was owned by the Korff family until 1715. In the period of

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, Korff family switched from

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and local wooden church was handed to them. In 1708,

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took the church back.

Geography

Feimaņi is located nearby the Feimaņi lake, on its eastern coast. The river

Feimanka Feimanka (Polish: Fejmanka) - a river (stream) in Latvia ( Latgale, Preiļi Municipality), right tributary of the Dubna river. It flows from Feimaņu ezers, it is long; it flows through the city of Riebiņi and avoids the city of Preiļi f ...

flows from the lake. Village is 165 meters above the sea level and it is located in the western part of the Latgale Upland.

Transport

Roads

The European route E262 that connects

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and Ostrov passes nearby the village.

Railway

In 1860, Feimaņi became a part of the

Saint Petersburg–Warsaw railway Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway (() (transliteration: Sankt-Peterburgo–Varshavskaya zheleznaya doroga)) is a long railway, built in the 19th century by the Russian Empire to connect Russia with Central Europe. At the time the entire railwa ...

line. The Krāce Station in the village was opened in 1926.

References

{{Reflist Rēzekne Municipality Towns and villages in Latvia