Užava (german: Hasau) is a village in
Ventspils Municipality
Ventspils Municipality ( lv, Ventspils novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merger (politics), merging Piltene town, Ance Parish, Jūrkalne Parish, Piltene rural community (from 2010 Piltene Parish) ...
,
Latvia. It is the center of
Užava Parish
Užava parish ( lv, Užavas pagasts) is an administrative unit of the Ventspils Municipality, Latvia. The parish has a population of 619 (as of 1/07/2010) and covers an area of 125.518 km2.
History
The territory of modern Užava parish hi ...
. Village is located on the bank of the
Užava river by the highway
P111 23 km from the municipal center
Ventspils
Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It ...
and 210 km from
Riga. There is an elementary school, a house of culture and a library. ''Užavas Alus''
brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of bee ...
is located 3 km from the village on highway P111 in direction toward
Liepāja
Liepāja (; liv, Līepõ; see other names) is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest-city in the Kurzeme Region and the third-largest city in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an important ice-f ...
.
History
The settlement is located near the center of the former Užava manor (german: Hasau) and the Lutheran church.
In the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
village belonged to the Windau district,
Courland Governorate.
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in 1783 and renovated in 1892. A Baptist parish was founded in 1861 and a church was built in 1888. This church establishment marks the beginning of the
Baptist
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...
movement in Latvia.
It became a larger settlement in the post
World War Two
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
years, when Užava was the center of
Soviet farm ''Užava''.
When
Latvia was part of Soviet Union the division of
surface-to-air missile system
S-125 Neva/Pechora
The S-125 ''Neva/Pechora'' (russian: С-125 "Нева"/"Печора", NATO reporting name SA-3 ''Goa'') is a Soviet surface-to-air missile system that was designed by Aleksei Isaev to complement the S-25 and S-75. It has a shorter effective r ...
was located in the village.
S-125 division.
Wikimapia
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See also
* Užava Lighthouse
* Užava lowland
References
External links
Villages in Latvia
Ventspils Municipality
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