Vecumnieki

Vecumnieki is a village and the seat of Vecumnieki Municipality, Latvia. Vecumnieki is in the historical region of Zemgale. Vecumnieki is 51 km southeast of Riga city center. The population of Vecumnieki was 2103 as of 2015. The village is just north of the Jelgava-Krustpils railroad.[1]

Vecumnieki
village
Lutheran chirch.
Vecumnieki
Coordinates:
Country Latvia
MunicipalityVecumnieki Municipality
Post code
LV-3933
WebsiteVecumnieki municipality
Latvia Postage Stamp.

Buses from Riga to Skaistkalne, Ilūkste and Nereta stop at Vecumnieki.

Two reservoirs have been created on stream Taļķe - Old Lake and New Lake.

History

Vecumnieki is a historically established settlement, founded in the 2nd-9th centuries according to archeological evidences found in Gypsy castle mound. The Old Town of Vecumnieki historically has been home to the Drächen Manor ( Gut Drakken ), the Mansion Manor ( Gut Mißhof ), the Reschenhof Manor, the (Gut Wiexten, in Umparte ), Vecmuiža (Neugut, in Vecumnieki).

Until 1940 the parish was called Vecmuižas pagasts. The Vecumnieki name until 1940 was Vecmuiža ("Neugut"). In 17th and 18th centuries early smelt iron furnaces were operating here.[2]

In 1925, Vecmuiža was granted the status of densely populated areas (village).

Attraction

Small Vecumnieki Parish Museum dedicated to scientist, historian and diplomat Arnolds Spekke and local history.[3]

People

References
  1. (in Latvian) Vecumnieki municipality
  2. MĀrĪte JakovĻeva, Dita AuziŅa, Rūdolfs Brūzis, Ingar MØrkestØl Gundersen, Bernt Rundberget, Viktorija Bebre, Inga DoniŅa, Valda KĻava, Gvido Straube, Valdis BĒrziŅš, Arturs VĪksna, Andris ActiŅš, Raimonds Meija, KonrĀds Popovs, Raitis Upmalis & Anton Parfentev Gone to smelt iron in Courland: technology transfer in the development of an early modern industry, Post-Medieval Archaeology, 53:1, 102-124, 2019 doi:10.1080/00794236.2019.1601398 ISSN 0079-4236 ISSN 1745-8137
  3. Vecumnieki Parish Museum


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