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    Tērvete (liv. Terwenden, German: Hofzumberge) is a village in Tērvete Parish, Dobele Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It is famous for...
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    Tērvete Municipality (Latvian: Tērvetes novads) is a former municipality in Semigallia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Augstkalne...
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    Tērvete Parish (Latvian: Tērvetes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Dobele Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. At the beginning of 2014...
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    century. He ruled in the western part of Semigallia, with his capital at Tērvete (present-day Latvia). In 1279–81, he led a Semigallian uprising against...
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    lands were divided in Upmale, Dobele, Spārnene, Dobe, Rakte, Silene and Tērvete chieftaincies. According to the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, Semigallians...
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    1260 Siege of Tērvete (1259) Battle of Tērvete (1270) Battle of Aizkraukle Siege of Dobele (1279) Siege of Kernavė (1279) Battle of Tērvete (1280) Siege...
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    crusader attacks against the Semigallians. In 1271 the capital hillfort of Tērvete was conquered, but Semigallians under the Duke Nameisis rebelled in 1279...
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    southwest, and the Curonians in the west. The centre of western Semigallia was Tērvete, while the centre of eastern Semigallia was Mežotne, which was destroyed...
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    referred to as King Vester (Old High German: konic Vesters). His capital was Tērvete hillfort. During the first decades of the 13th century he was allied with...
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    Estonia) - a genuine order castle Hochrosen (Augstroze, Latvia) Hofzumberg (Tērvete, Latvia) Holme (Mārtiņsala, Latvia) Insterburg (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad...
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    President of Latvia from 1930 to 1936. Alberts Kviesis was born in Kalnamuiža (Tērvete) parish (now Dobele Municipality) in the Courland Governorate. Having received...
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    Wikimedia Commons Zilais kalns hill fort Daugmales hill fort Tērvetes hill fort Media related to Tērvete hillfort at Wikimedia Commons Incēnu hill fort Media...
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    Anna Brigadere (October 1, 1861, in Tērvete – June 25, 1933, in Tērvete) was a writer, playwright and poet from Latvia. Her first story was published...
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    July 2021, Dobele Municipality was enlarged when Auce Municipality and Tērvete Municipality were merged into it. It borders Lithuania. Dobele is twinned...
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  • Zelmeņi is a village in Tērvete Parish, Dobele Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. v t e...
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  • together with Oto Kalniņš (1891). Helmanis was born on 3 June 1848 in Tērvete (then Hofzumberge, Courland Governorate), received education at the parish...
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  • Teruhiko Eagle (霧ケ峰式鷹型) (Jukka Tervamäki) Tervamäki JT-6 Tervamäki JT-8 Tērvete (glider) (Alexander Thoenes) Thoenes Alexander-der-Kleine – (A. Thomas)...
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    deputy of the 10th Saeima and who is the current Chair of the Council of Tērvete Municipality since 2013. She was elected as a member of the Mūsu mājas...
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    Parish Vandzene Parish Virbi Parish 98. Tērvete Municipality 3,687 Augstkalne Parish Bukaiši Parish Tērvete Parish 99. Tukums Municipality 30,614 Degole...
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    became military fortresses with strong fortifications (like hillforts in Tērvete, Talsi, Mežotne). Some of them are considered important political centres...
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  • Office building at Skolas iela 5, Riga built in 1937. Building of Tērvete sanatorium, Tērvete built in 1932 (together with A. Kalniņš). Residential building...
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    Jelgava Iecava 31.9 km P 94 Jelgava Staļģene Code 35.5 km P 95 Jelgava Tērvete Lithuanian border (Žagarė) 44.8 km P 96 Puri Auce Grivaiši 79.0 km P 97...
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  • closed railway station on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway. Opened in 1925 as Tērvete, it was renamed Viesturi in 1935. The station was gradually being phased...
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  • the Interior of Latvia Dace Reinika – Member of the Saeima and Mayor of Tērvete Zane Plone (September 12, 2013). "Stamp dedicated to 150th anniversary...
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    knights attempted to strengthen their strategic position and attacked Tērvete (Terwerten) hoping to turn the Semigallian outpost into a Teutonic castle...
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  • Parish, Krimūna Parish, Lielauce Parish, Naudīte Parish, Penkule Parish, Tērvete Parish, Ukri Parish, Vecauce Parish, Vītiņi Parish, Zebrene Parish Gulbene...
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    of Glūda, Svēte, Lielplatone, Vilce, Tērvete, and Augstkalne. Rivers Auce, Dorupīte, Eglone, Svēte, and Tērvete flow through Zaļenieki. Zaļenieki, Spurģi...
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    Jaunbērze Parish Krimūna Parish Lielauce Parish Naudīte Parish Penkule Parish Tērvete Municipality Ukri Parish Vītiņi Parish Zebrene Parish Beļava Parish Dauksti...
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  • Mežotne, Nogailene, Plāne, Putelene, Sidabre, Silene, Šiurpe, Spārnene, Tērvete, Upmale, Žagare Western Balts† Yotvingians Yotvingian Yotvingia - Dainava...
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    politician, historian, and former Speaker of the Saeima. Kreituse was born in Tērvete and lived with her family, later moving to Jūrmala. In 1970, she graduated...
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