Ērgļi, piemineklis represētajiem 2001-06-02 - panoramio

Ērgļi is a small town in

Ērgļi Parish Ērgļi Parish ( lv, Ērgļu pagasts) is an administrative unit of Madona Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. At the beginning of 2014, the population of the parish was 2421. The administrative center is Ērgļi Ērgļi is a small to ...

, Madona Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia on the banks of the Ogre river. It serves as the administrative center for

. Ērgļi had 2,769 residents as of 2017.

History

Ērgļi castle on Ogre river was one of the largest castles of Latgale. From 1211 the area belonged to the Order of the Brothers of the Sword and later to the

Archdiocese of Riga The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga is an archdiocese administered from the capital city of Riga in Latvia.Livonian War The Livonian War (1558–1583) was the Russian invasion of Old Livonia, and the prolonged series of military conflicts that followed, in which Tsar Ivan the Terrible of Russia (Muscovy) unsuccessfully fought for control of the region (pre ...

, the area fell to Poland-Lithuania then to Sweden and 1721 to Russia. The village was built around the estate Erlaa and had in 1931 331 inhabitants. During the Second World War, the village was in the combat zone in 1944 and was completely destroyed. In the postwar period, the place grew by settlement of industry.

Twin towns

Kölln-Reisiek Kölln-Reisiek is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising mo ...

, Germany

External links

* Towns and villages in Latvia Castles of the Teutonic Knights Kreis Wenden Madona Municipality Vidzeme {{Vidzeme-geo-stub