Kandava
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| Kandava | ||
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Street in Kandava
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| Country |  Latvia |
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| District | Kandava municipality | |
| Town rights | 1917 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Alfreds Ķieģelis | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 3,816 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Postal code | LV-3120 | |
| Calling code | +371 631 | |
| Number of city council members | 11 | |
Kandava (<phonos file="Lv-Kandava.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>; German: Kandau; Livonian: Kāndav) is a town in Latvia. As a settlement, it is first mentioned in 1230 in a peace treaty between the residents of Riga and the residents of the Abava valley in Courland.[citation needed] A military castle was built around 1257, but it was gradually dismantled over the years and now only its foundations can be seen in a town park.[1] The oldest remaining structure is a guard tower built in 1334 and later used for gunpowder storage.[2]
Botanist Theophil Joachim Heinrich Bienert was born in Kandava.
See also
References
- ↑ (Latvian) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links
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