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 ...
on the territory of present
Liepāja district
Liepāja District ( lv, Liepājas rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in the Courland
Courland (; lv, Kurzeme; liv, Kurāmō; German and Scandinavian languages: ''Kurland''; la, Curonia/; russian: Курляндия; ...
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
Pope Gregory IX ( la, Gregorius IX; born Ugolino di Conti; c. 1145 or before 1170 – 22 August 1241) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 until his death in 1241. He is known for issuing the '' Decre ...
on 28 December 1230. Toponyms were named in partition agreement between the
Bishop of Courland and the
Livonian Order 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
Bibliography
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Vatican Secret Archives
The Vatican Apostolic Archive ( la, Archivum Apostolicum Vaticanum; it, Archivio Apostolico Vaticano), formerly known as the Vatican Secret Archive, is the central repository in the Vatican City of all acts promulgated by the Holy See.
The Pont ...
1253 disestablishments in Europe
Historical regions in Latvia