Baltezers is a village in
Ādaži Parish,
Ādaži Municipality in the historical region of
Vidzeme
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, and the
Riga Planning Region in
Latvia
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.
It is sandwiched between the lakes of
Lielais and
Mazais Baltezers 4,4 km south of the municipal center of
Ādaži. The
A1 highway stretches through the village.
History
Baltezers historically formed around the Ādaži-Bukulti Castle (''Neuermühlen'', 1287) as Baltezers-
Bukulti surrounding the parish church. In 1562,
Gotthard Kettler
Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland (also ''Godert'', ''Ketteler''; ; ; ; 2 February 1517 – 17 May 1587) was the last Master of the Livonian Order from 1559 to 1561 and the first Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, Duke of Courland and Semigallia f ...
appointed Heinrich von Don as the landlord.
[Hagemeister, Heinrich von. ''Materialien zu einer Geschichte der Landgüter Livlands.'' Teil 1. Riga:Eduard Franzen's Buchhandlung, 1836. S.52-53.]
The village itself took its modern shape after
World War II
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, as private housing grew around the land of the Baltezers (Ādaži) Lutheran Church, built in 1772.
References
Populated places in Ādaži Municipality
Villages in Vidzeme
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