| Official Name: | Skrīveri |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Latvia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Skrīveri location in Latvia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Aizkraukle |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1882 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 2424[1] |
| Postal Code Type: | Post code |
| Postal Code: | LV-5125 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Climate |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Dfb |
Skrīveri (German: Römerhof) is a village in Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, near Riga–Daugavpils Railway.[2] Skrīveri had 2,424 residents in 2022.[1] [3]
In Skrīveri there is a Municipal council, Andrejs Upītis Skrīveri Secondary School, music and art school, kindergarten "Sprīdītis", post office, Catholic church, culture house, library, Andrejs Upīts memorial museum. South of Skriveri near the highway A6 is [4] [5] and Skriveri Agricultural Research Institute.
The settlement is located on the land of the former Römerhof estate, which Gotthard Kettler had given a certain Stephan Römer.[6] This is how the name came about. In 1634 property became part of .
The Latvian name Skrīveri is derived from the Swedish: skreivet (to write) since in 1634 the property became possession of the Swedish notary Johann Niemier, who was also referred simply as the “scribe”.
When the Römershof train station was opened in 1882 village Skrīveri began to develop.
Since 1892 at the latest, the estate has belonged to the Livonian dendrologist (1857–1919),[7] who together with the garden architect Walter von Engelhardt founded a tree nursery and an Arboretum. During the 1905 Russian Revolution the Manor house was destroyed.[8]
In 1925, Skriveri was granted village status, and in 1958 urban village, status which was lost in 1990.
In 1956, Skriveri Food Factory was founded, which started producing the favorite candy "Gotiņa".
In the municipality of Skrīveri there is Daugava tributary and tributary which also includes a 10 hectare reservoir. Along the right bank of the river, there is a 3.6 km long tourist trail.
Skrīveri has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).
Within existing limits, according to CSB data.