• Thumbnail for Jelgava
    Jelgava (pronounced [ˈjælˠɡɐvˠɐ] ) is a state city in central Latvia. It is located about 41 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of Riga. It is the largest...
    28 KB (2,493 words) - 10:49, 3 November 2024
  • FK Jelgava is a Latvian professional football club that is based in Jelgava. The club plays its home-matches at the Zemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs...
    16 KB (591 words) - 21:12, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jelgava Palace
    Jelgava Palace (Latvian: Jelgavas pils) or historically Mitau Palace (Latvian: Mītavas pils, German: Schloss Mitau) is the largest Baroque-style palace...
    11 KB (1,049 words) - 11:07, 22 October 2024
  • FS Jelgava, previous name Albatroz SC, is a Latvian football club that is based in Jelgava. As of 15 September, 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team...
    3 KB (109 words) - 22:37, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Jelgava (1919)
    The Battle of Jelgava was an operation of the Latvian Army from 15 to 21 November 1919 during the Latvian War of Independence. The Latvian Army forced...
    3 KB (162 words) - 15:17, 30 June 2024
  • RAF Jelgava was a Latvian football club based in Jelgava. The foundation of the club is considered in 1988 and for the first two years there were two teams...
    15 KB (588 words) - 21:20, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jelgava Gymnasium
    Jelgava Gymnasium or Academia Petrina is the oldest higher educational establishment in Latvia. Based on an idea by Friedrich Wilhelm von Raison [de]...
    8 KB (652 words) - 08:39, 24 December 2023
  • BK Jelgava is a professional basketball club based in Jelgava, Latvia playing in the Latvian Basketball League. At the end of the 2010–11 season, its predecessor...
    4 KB (98 words) - 05:55, 27 May 2022
  • The Jelgava massacres were the killing of the Jewish population of the city of Jelgava, Latvia that occurred in the second half of July or in early August...
    23 KB (3,032 words) - 19:31, 25 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jelgava Station
    Jelgava Station is a railway station on the Riga – Jelgava, Jelgava – Liepāja, Jelgava – Meitene, Tukums II – Jelgava and Jelgava – Krustpils railways...
    2 KB (84 words) - 20:47, 26 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jelgava District
    Jelgava District (Latvian: Jelgavas rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Semigallia region, in the country's centre. It was organized...
    2 KB (172 words) - 02:56, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cathedral of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Jelgava
    (Latvian: Jelgavas Bezvainīgās Jaunavas Marijas Romas katoļu katedrāle) is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Jelgava, is located in Jelgava, Latvia...
    7 KB (216 words) - 12:31, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jelgava Municipality
    Jelgava Local Municipality (Latvian: Jelgavas novads) is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Eleja parish...
    4 KB (244 words) - 20:40, 26 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Riga–Jelgava Railway
    Riga–Jelgava Railway is a 43 kilometres (27 mi) long, 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 19th century to connect the cities of Riga and Jelgava. In...
    3 KB (114 words) - 22:42, 26 July 2023
  • Doom 94 (Latvian: Jelgava 94) is a semi-biographical novel by Latvian writer Jānis Joņevs about the generation living in Jelgava, Latvia in the 1990s that...
    9 KB (645 words) - 03:22, 22 October 2024
  • qualified for the Latvian Higher League play-off. The bottom-placed team (Jelgava) were relegated to the 2025 Latvian First League. The league consisted...
    16 KB (466 words) - 14:20, 14 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jānis Joņevs
    21 March 1980 in Jelgava) is a Latvian writer, copywriter and translator from French. After studying at the local Gymnasium in Jelgava, he went to Riga...
    2 KB (154 words) - 12:23, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Holocaust
    Estonia Kalevi-Liiva Latvia Burning of the Riga synagogues Dünamünde Action Jelgava Pogulianski Rumbula Liepāja (Šķēde) Lithuania Ninth Fort Kaunas June 1941...
    125 KB (14,797 words) - 20:26, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Riga Autobus Factory
    Riga Autobus Factory (category Buildings and structures in Jelgava)
    Autobus Factory (RAF; Latvian: Rīgas Autobusu Fabrika) was a factory in Jelgava, Latvia, making vans and minibuses under the brand name Latvija. During...
    13 KB (1,660 words) - 02:17, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jelgava–Liepāja Railway
    The Jelgava–Liepāja Railway is a 180 kilometres (110 mi) long, 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 20th century to connect the cities Jelgava and...
    3 KB (82 words) - 11:16, 6 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Louis XVIII
    with her uncle. In 1798, Tsar Paul I of Russia offered Louis the use of Jelgava Palace in Courland (now Latvia). The Tsar also guaranteed Louis' safety...
    71 KB (8,692 words) - 12:40, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Šiauliai–Jelgava power line
    The Šiauliai–Jelgava power line is an electricity link (interconnector) in the Baltic transmission system (synchronous with the IPS/UPS system) between...
    3 KB (186 words) - 21:23, 1 September 2023
  • clubs from the previous season, and one team promoted from 1. līga. FS Jelgava won promotion by winning the First League in 2022. After Spartaks Jūrmala...
    26 KB (977 words) - 20:22, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for St Simeon and St Anne's Cathedral, Jelgava
    (Latvian: Jelgavas Sv. Simeona un Sv. Annas pareizticīgo katedrāle, Russian: Собор Симеона и Анны), located at 12 Akadēmijas Street in Jelgava, is a cathedral...
    8 KB (270 words) - 07:19, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jelgava Air Base
    Jelgava Airfield (ICAO: EVEA) is an airfield in Latvia located on the north border of Jelgava, a city in Latvia. During Soviet times, it was a military...
    5 KB (570 words) - 03:50, 6 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jelgava–Krustpils Railway
    The Jelgava–Krustpils Railway is a 138 kilometres (86 mi) long, 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 19th century to connect Ventspils and Moscow...
    2 KB (91 words) - 15:52, 16 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Jānis Čakste
    the Jelgava district, the son of a farmer. He received his primary education at St Anne's Primary School, and entered the Academia Petrina in Jelgava, where...
    11 KB (1,157 words) - 08:34, 20 July 2024
  • off the Europa League qualification spot, after not winning against FK Jelgava on the final matchday. In the 2016–17 Latvian Cup, once again thanks to...
    39 KB (3,878 words) - 13:05, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Latvia
    industry was created in Latvia, including a major machinery factory RAF in Jelgava, electrotechnical factories in Riga, chemical factories in Daugavpils,...
    199 KB (18,128 words) - 10:30, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Semigallia
    liberate themselves. In 1265, the Livonian Order began construction of Jelgava castle (Mithow, Mytowe). In 1272, Semigallia finally succumbed to the Livonian...
    15 KB (1,541 words) - 10:46, 3 November 2024