Baldone (; german: Baldohn) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Ķekava Municipality
Ķekava Municipality ( lv, Ķekavas novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Baloži town, Daugmale Parish and Ķekava Parish, the administrative centre being Ķekava.
On 1 July 2021, Ķekava Municip ...
in the
Semigallia
Semigallia, also spelt Semigalia, ( lv, Zemgale; german: Semgallen; lt, Žiemgala; pl, Semigalia; liv, Zemgāl) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located in the south of the Daugava river and the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. ...
region of
Latvia. The town is famous for its
sulfur water
Sulfur water (or sulphur water) is a condition where water is exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, giving a distinct "rotten egg" smell. This condition has different purposes in culture varying to health and implications to plumbing.
Chemical compo ...
springs and was a spa resort.
Viktors Arājs
Viktors Arājs (13 January 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a Latvian/Baltic German collaborator and Nazi SS SD officer who took part in the Holocaust during the German occupation of Latvia and Belarus as the leader of the Arajs Kommando. The Ara ...
was born there in 1910.
Gallery
File:Mercendarbes muiža.jpg, Mercendarbes manor
File:Baldones observatorija.JPG, Observatory in Baldone
File:Baldones luterāņu baznīca un sarkanarmiešu brāļu kapi.jpg, Baldones luthenaruan churck and the red army brother graveyard
File:The reconstructed cabin of horse tram in Baldone 01.jpg, Baldone horse wagon
File:Meža galerija 1.jpg, Walking route with paintings in the forest
File:Sanatorijas centrālā strūklaka.jpg, Baldones sanatorium park
File:Kannenieku brāļu kapi.jpg, Kannenieku brother cemetery
File:Sarkanās armijas brāļu kapi Mežvidos (1134 karavīri), Baldones pagasts, Baldones novads, Latvia - panoramio (3).jpg, Red army graves in Mežvidu brother cemetery
File:Mazais Kausezers.jpg, Kausezers
File:Riekstukalns - ogre11 - Panoramio.jpg, Riekstukalns
See also
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List of cities in Latvia
References
Towns in Latvia
Populated places established in 1991
1991 establishments in Latvia
Ķekava Municipality
Semigallia
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