Košrags (
Livonian: ''Kuoštrõg'') is a small village in
Kolka Parish
Kolka parish (, ) is an administrative unit of Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.
Villages of Kolka parish
* Kolka, Latvia, Kolka - parish administrative center
* Košrags
* Mazirbe
* Pitrags
* Saunags
* Sīkrags
* Uši
* Vaid ...
,
Talsi Municipality
Talsi Municipality (; Livonian language, Livonian: ) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Abava parish, Balgale parish, Ģibuļi parish, Īve parish, Ķūļciems parish, Laidze pa ...
,
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
. It sits on the shore of the
Irbe Strait of the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...
. It is one of twelve Livonian villages on ' (
Livonian Coast).
The "Kukiņi" homestead located in Košrags was first mentioned in 1680 chronicles. Košrags is one of the newest of Liv villages, formed in the 17th century. By 1770 four old farms operated in Košrags (Kine-Dīķi, Kūkiņi, Tilmači and Žoki). Two tenant-farmer habitations existed in 1896, and another seven habitations after 1905.
The houses were built densely along two roads:
* an old littoral road connecting all 16 Livonian fishermen villages at that time;
* the fishermen's road leading from the littoral road - it connected the villages with the working place near the sea.
These roads have preserved their ancient shape till the present day.
Livonian priest and ethnologist
Edgar Vaalgamaa was born in Košrags.
See also
*
Livonian people
References
Livs' village "Kosrags"
Populated places in Talsi Municipality
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