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Saldus is a Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
n town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 located in Courland
Courland

Courland is one of the cultural and historical regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland....
 and is main town in Saldus District
Saldus District

Saldus District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in Courland region, in the country's west.Cities and parishes*Saldus city...
. As of 2005, the town has a population of 12,707.

The year 1856 is considered as foundation of Saldus town when the board of Domens' decided to establish a trade center. Although there was an active economical life at the end of 19th century, and Saldus was the cultural center of the region, it got the official rights of town only in 1917. One of the oldest building of the town is Saldus St.John's church.






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Saldus is a Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
n town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 located in Courland
Courland

Courland is one of the cultural and historical regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland....
 and is main town in Saldus District
Saldus District

Saldus District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in Courland region, in the country's west.Cities and parishes*Saldus city...
. As of 2005, the town has a population of 12,707.

The year 1856 is considered as foundation of Saldus town when the board of Domens' decided to establish a trade center. Although there was an active economical life at the end of 19th century, and Saldus was the cultural center of the region, it got the official rights of town only in 1917. One of the oldest building of the town is Saldus St.John's church. Documents from 1461 mention a wooden church. It was reconstructed at various times. The tower, bombed in war in 1944, was rebuilt in 1981-1982.

Today Saldus has developed itself as an important cultural and educational, business and trade center. There are about 500 approved companies in Saldus with main branches in building construction, wood proceeding, food proceeding, processing.

Also nowadays there are very active cultural life, local musicians, poets, painters and artists.

Since 1946 there is Saldus school of music, but in 1984 was founded Saldus Art school
Saldus Art School

File:Turistu street 5, Saldus.jpgSaldus Art School is an art school in Saldus, Latvia founded in 1984. Approximately 130 students from the age of eight to sixteen years old attend the school after their lessons in contemporary school three times a week....
.

Notable people

  • Johann von Besser (1654-1729) - German
    Germans

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     writer
  • Ursula Donath
    Ursula Donath

    Ursula Donath is an Athletics from East Germany who competed mainly in the 800 metres.She competed for Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 800 metres where she won the bronze medal....
     (1931- ) - German athlete
  • Janis Rozentals
    Janis Rozentals

    File:Monument of Janis Rozentals. Saldus.jpg...
     (1866-1917) - painter
  • Lea Davidova-Medene (1921-1986) - sculptor
  • Maris Caklais (1940-2003) - poet
  • Eriks Kigelis (1955-1985) - musician


Twin Towns

  • Paide
    Paide

    Paide is the capital of J?rva County, Estonia.A castle built by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword is located here. The town was formally founded 30 September 1291 by Halt, master of the Livonian Order....
    , Estonia
    Estonia

    Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
  • Mažeikiai
    Mažeikiai

    Ma?eikiai is a city in the north-western Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 45,300, making it the 8th largest city in Lithuania....
    , Lithuania
    Lithuania

    Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
  • Liederbach am Taunus
    Liederbach am Taunus

    Liederbach am Taunus is a town in Hesse, Germany with 8500 inhabitants. It is situated 20 km west of downtown Frankfurt am Main....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
  • Lidingö
    Lidingö

    Liding? is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, north east of central Stockholm, the Capital of Sweden.Liding? is also the name of a census-defined urban areas in Sweden on the island....
    , Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
  • Stargard Szczecinski
    Stargard Szczecinski

    Stargard Szczecinski [] is a city in northwestern Poland, with 71,017 inhabitants . Situated on the Ina River, it is the capital of Stargard County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship ; previously it was in the Szczecin Voivodeship ....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Sergijevo Posad, Russia
    Russia

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  • Villebon-sur-Yvette
    Villebon-sur-Yvette

    Villebon-sur-Yvette is a town and Communes of France in the Essonne Departments of France, in the Regions of France of ?le-de-France ....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  • St.Andrä, Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....


See also

  • List of cities in Latvia
    List of cities in Latvia

    There are 7 cities , formally called republican towns , and 70 towns , formally known as regional towns , in Latvia.By Latvian law town rights are granted to settlements that are centers of culture and manufacturing with well developed social infrastructure and public utilities, and have at least 2,000 residents; however...