Jūrkalne Explained

Jūrkalne
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Latvia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Latvia
Coordinates:57.0061°N 21.3869°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Latvia
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1:Ventspils
Subdivision Type2:Parish
Subdivision Name2:Jūrkalne
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:14
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:238
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:Eastern European Time
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:Eastern European Summer Time
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3

Jūrkalne is a village in Latvia. It is the centre of a parish of the same name within Ventspils Municipality on the Baltic coast. Its former German name was Feliksberg (Felixberg), but its former Latvian name was Medeņciems (Meddenzeem).[1]

Jūrkalne was the birthplace of Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, the Jewish ethnologist and musicologist.

57.0061°N 21.3869°W

Notes and References

  1. Das Inland. Eine Wochenschrift für Liv-, Esth- und Curländische Nr. 44, (15. August, 1844) S. 522