Vārme Manor () is a manor house in
Vārme Parish
Vārme Parish () is an administrative unit of Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia
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Kuldīga Municipality
Kuldīga Municipality () is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Ēdole parish, Gudenieki parish, Īvande parish, Kabile parish, Kurmāle parish, Laidi parish, Padure parish, Pelči parish, ...
, in the historical region of
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 ...
, in western
Latvia
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History
The manor house was built in 1830 by . Since 1926 it houses the Vārme primary school. In May 2016, the school celebrated its 90th anniversary.
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Manor park
Rare tree species grow in the formerly manor and now school park -
Weymouth pine,
Mountain pine
''Pinus mugo'', known as dwarf mountain pine, mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine, bog pine, creeping pine, or mugo pine, is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and So ...
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European larch
''Larix decidua'', the European larch, is a species of larch native to the mountains of central Europe, in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains, with small disjunct lowland populations in northern Poland. Its life span has been confirmed to be clos ...
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Dotted hawthorn,
European beech
''Fagus sylvatica'', the European beech or common beech, is a large, graceful deciduous tree in the beech family with smooth silvery-gray bark, large leaf area, and a short trunk with low branches.
Description
''Fagus sylvatica'' is a large ...
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American ash
''Fraxinus americana'', the white ash or American ash, is a fast-growing species of ash tree native to eastern and central North America.
White ash trees are threatened by the invasive emerald ash borer. The tree is highly valued as lumber.
D ...
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White walnut,
White aspen,
Balsam poplar
''Populus balsamifera'', commonly called balsam poplar, bam, bamtree, eastern balsam-poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac poplar, tacamahaca, is a tree species in the balsam poplar species group in the poplar genus, ''Populus.'' The genus name ''Populus ...
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Silver poplar.
See also
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List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia
This is a list of palaces and manor houses in Latvia built after the 16th century. This list does not include castles, which are listed in a List of castles in Latvia, separate article. And as there are more than 1000 manor houses and palaces in ...
References
External links
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Vārme Manor
Manor houses in Courland
Kuldīga Municipality
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