Ādaži
Ādaži (formerly Neuermühlen) is a town in Pierīga, on the left bank of the Gauja river. The town is the administrative center of Ādaži Municipality. It is located by the highway A1, 21.6 km from the center of Riga.
Ādaži has administrative offices, schools (Ādaži Elementary School, Ādaži Secondary School, and Ādaži Free Waldorf School), Kindergarten Strautins, several shops (Maxima, Rimi, Elvi) and service companies. Latvia's longest river Gauja flows along the Ādaži River, and its tributary Vējupe divides town into two parts.
Ādaži also has an eponymous wakeboarding club on the Gauja.
The town is mostly known due to the nearby Latfood factory producing Ādažu Čipsi, the best known potato chip brand in Latvia.
The castle of Neuermühlen has been documented since at least 1204.
Here the Battle of Neuermühlen took place in 1492. After the battle the Bishop of Riga has to recognize the Teutonic Order as Overlord of Livonia.
The modern village of Ādaži is formed around the center of the former Gauja Manor ( Aahof ) or the Gauja-Plava Manor, but the newest part of the village Vejupe on the right bank - around the center of the Remberg manor (Ringenberg). Gauja Manor was located in the ancient Bukultu and Baltezers areas. territory, in the 19th century it was called Ādaži-Carnikava Parish.
According to the provisions of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, Ādaži gained city rights (town status) on 1 July 2022.
Ādaži has administrative offices, schools (Ādaži Elementary School, Ādaži Secondary School, and Ādaži Free Waldorf School), Kindergarten Strautins, several shops (Maxima, Rimi, Elvi) and service companies. Latvia's longest river Gauja flows along the Ādaži River, and its tributary Vējupe divides town into two parts.
Ādaži also has an eponymous wakeboarding club on the Gauja.
The town is mostly known due to the nearby Latfood factory producing Ādažu Čipsi, the best known potato chip brand in Latvia.
The castle of Neuermühlen has been documented since at least 1204.
Here the Battle of Neuermühlen took place in 1492. After the battle the Bishop of Riga has to recognize the Teutonic Order as Overlord of Livonia.
The modern village of Ādaži is formed around the center of the former Gauja Manor ( Aahof ) or the Gauja-Plava Manor, but the newest part of the village Vejupe on the right bank - around the center of the Remberg manor (Ringenberg). Gauja Manor was located in the ancient Bukultu and Baltezers areas. territory, in the 19th century it was called Ādaži-Carnikava Parish.
According to the provisions of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, Ādaži gained city rights (town status) on 1 July 2022.
Map - Ādaži
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After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the German Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I. However, by the 1930s the country became increasingly autocratic after the coup in 1934 establishing an authoritarian regime under Kārlis Ulmanis. The country's de facto independence was interrupted at the outset of World War II, beginning with Latvia's forcible incorporation into the Soviet Union, followed by the invasion and occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941, and the re-occupation by the Soviets in 1944 to form the Latvian SSR for the next 45 years. As a result of extensive immigration during the Soviet occupation, ethnic Russians became the most prominent minority in the country, now constituting nearly a quarter of the population. The peaceful Singing Revolution started in 1987, and ended with the restoration of de facto independence on 21 August 1991. Since then, Latvia has been a democratic unitary parliamentary republic.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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EUR | Euro | € | 2 |
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LV | Latvian language |
LT | Lithuanian language |
RU | Russian language |