Augstkalne Parish Explained

Augstkalne Parish (lv|Augstkalnes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Dobele Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. At the beginning of 2014, the population of the parish was 1067.^[1] The administrative center is Augstkalne village.

Towns, villages and settlements of Augstkalne parish

• Augstkalne
• Dzeguzēni
• Klinti

Notable residents

• Georg Mancelius (1593-1654), German Baltic Lutheran theologian and linguist, rector of the University of Tartu, author of the first Latvian dictionary (1638).
• Christoph Friedrich Neander (de) (1723-1802), German Baltic Lutheran pastor, Enlightenment movement worker, author of Kurzeme songbook (1766).

See also

• Mežmuiža Manor

Notes and References

1. Web site: Latvijas iedzivotaju skaits pašvaldibas . Latvian population by municipality . 13 February 2014 . Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde [Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs] . Latvian . 8 November 2014.