Piemare ( lt, Piemarė; la, Bihavelanc) was one of the main
Curonian kihelkonds with an administrative center in Esestua (
Seeburg) before the 13th century. It was located between
Bandava,
Duvzare and the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
on the territory of present
Liepāja district
Liepāja District ( lv, Liepājas rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republ ...
in
Latvia. For the first time, the territory was mentioned in the memorandum between , king of Esestua and Baudouin of
Aulne Abbey
Aulne Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located in Wallonia between Thuin and Landelies on the Sambre in the Bishopric of Liège in Belgium, now a Walloon Heritage Site.
History
It was originally founded as a Benedictine monastery in 656 on the b ...
,
cistercian monk,
vicelegate of
Pope Gregory IX on 28 December 1230. Toponyms were named in partition agreement between the
Bishop of Courland and the
Livonian Order
The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order,
formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation.
History
The order was formed from the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword after ...
in 1253. The territory included the following settlements ( la, villae): ''Vārtaja, Tadaiķi, Ūsaiķi, Ilga, Līpa, Gavieze, Vārve, Padone, Peke, Okte, Ģelži, Lindale, Troista, Ievade, Dzēre, Boja, Droga, Krote, Apriķi, Ilmede, Diždupļi, Mazdupļi, Grobiņa, Neres, Stroķi, Tāši, Aistere, Vērgale, Rīva, Medze, Līva, Razge, Perkone, Dunalka, Prūši, Karkele, Dzintere, Saliena and Saka''.
[ Enciklopēdija Latvijas Vēsture]
References
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Vatican Secret Archives
1253 disestablishments in Europe
Historical regions in Latvia