Reģi is a village in

Alsunga Parish Alsunga Parish ( lv, Alsungas pagasts) is an administrative territorial entity of Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Prior to 2009, it was part of the now defunct Kuldīga District and from 2009 to 2021 of the former Alsunga ...

, Kuldīga Municipality in the

Courland Courland (; lv, Kurzeme; liv, Kurāmō; German and Scandinavian languages: ''Kurland''; la, Curonia/; russian: Курляндия; Estonian: ''Kuramaa''; lt, Kuršas; pl, Kurlandia) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. ...

region of

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. On 23 February 2007 a huge fire caused 26 fatalities in

Reģi Manor Reģi Manor ( lv, Reģu muižas pils, german: Gut Reggen) is a manor house in the village of Reģi in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. History german: Gut Reggen was first mentioned in writings around 1253 ...

, an institution for mentally disabled near

Alsunga Alsunga (also Alšvanga, german: Alschwangen) is a village in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Alsunga is the center of the Suiti, a small Catholic community in the Lutheran western part of Latvia. The ...

, which was later closed and government took a decision to move the institution to Gudenieki. It was the most fatal fire in the modern history of Latvia.

References

Kuldīga Municipality Towns and villages in Latvia Aizpute County Courland {{Courland-geo-stub