Blīdene (earlier also Blīdiene, Lielblīdiene) is a village in Blīdene Parish, Saldus Municipality in the

Courland Courland is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. Courland's largest city is Liepāja, which is the third largest city in Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland as they were ...

region of

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. It is the parish center. The village has formed on the Blīdene river shores and A9 highway. It is 23 km away from the Municipality center

Saldus Saldus (; , ) is a Latvian town located in Courland () region of Latvia, and the largest town in Saldus Municipality. The name Saldus has been noted in historical sources as far back as the mid-13th century, but the founding year for the establis ...

, 15 km away from the nearest town Brocēni and 98 km from the capital

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

History

The village was formed near the former Lielblīdenes Manor ''(Groß-Blieden)'' center. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Blīdene was

Kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...

«Soviet Latvia» (later

Sovkhoz A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated from , ''sovetskoye khozyaystvo''; ) was a form of state-owned farm or agricultural enterprise in the Soviet Union. It is usually contrasted w ...

«Blīdene») village. Blīdene has a parish management, elementary school, kindergarten, culture house, library,

family doctor Family medicine is a medical specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is ...

and many small stores. Lielblīdene manor construction is a local importance monument of cultural history. Sculptor

Karl Hans Bernewitz Karl Hans Bernewitz (; 17 May 1858 – 19 December 1934) was a Baltic German sculptor. He was born in Blīdene in present-day Latvia (then part of the Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia f ...

was born in Blīdene.

References

Populated places in Saldus Municipality Villages in Courland {{Courland-geo-stub