• Walk was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia. After 1419 it was the seat of the...
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    Livonia (redirect from Livland)
    Livonia, known in earlier records as Livland, is a historical region on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. It is named after the Livonians, who lived...
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    [citation needed] The continuation of the Estonian uplands forms in the Livland province a wide plateau up to 121 m in height, the middle of which is lost...
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    was university rector. In 1844 he returned to Riga as an officer of the Livland Oberlandschulbehörde. In 1856 he was named vice-president of the Evangelical...
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    In 1721 the Province of Riga was divided into 2 provinces: Province of Livland ( Riga, Pernov, Wenden and the island of Osel ) and the province of Smolensk...
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    Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 29–30. ISBN 9780810875135. (Low German: Oolt-Livland, Livonian: Jemā-Līvõmō, Estonian: Vana-Liivimaa, Latvian: Livonija) Bilmanis...
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    Landesversammlung at Riga asking the forming of United Duchy of Estland, Livland and Kurland to be incorporated to Imperial Germany in personal union with...
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    (Narva), Wesenberg (Rakvere), Weissenstein (Paide), Hapsal (Haapsalu). Livland (Latin: Livonia; Estonian: Liivimaa; Latvian: Vidzeme), roughly the southern...
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    Westerotten Vestiene Festen Vidriži Widdrisch Vidsmuiža Galen Vidzeme Livland Viesīte Eckengraf Vietalva Fehteln Vijciems Wiezenhof Viļaka Marienhausen...
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