Durbe ( pronunciation ; German : Durben , Lithuanian : Durbė , Polish : Dorbiany , Russian : Дурбе Durbe /Дурбен Durben ) is a town in Latvia . Durbe was first noted in 1260, when the Battle of Durbe occurred near Lake Durbe. As of 2020, the population was 492.
4-478: Town rights were granted to Durbe in 1893 and confirmed in 1917. Durbe manor served as the headquarters of a German brigade in 1917. The town's coat of arms was granted in 1925: a silver apple tree with seven apples, one for each day of the week. The tree represents the Durbe Apple Orchards, created in the early 20th century by the mayor and city gardener Sīmanis Klēvers. In Latvian folklore, an apple tree
8-495: Is also considered a magical source of youth and sympathy. The city flag was adopted in 2016. This Courland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Durbe Manor Durbe Manor ( Latvian : Durbes pils , German : Herrenhaus Durben ) is a Neoclassical manor house located in Tukums , in the historical region of Zemgale , in Latvia . One of
12-523: The most interesting classical manor houses in Latvia. Today it houses part of the Tukums Museum collection. Durbe as was first mentioned in written sources as Šlokenbeka manor in 1475. The core of the current building dates from 1671. In 1820, Count Christoph Johann von Medem commissioned Johann Gottfried Adam Berlitz to remodel the façade completely. From 1789 to 1808, Ernst Karl Philip von Grothus used
16-507: The property as a summerhouse. From 1818 to 1838 the estate belonged to Count Medem, while it later belonged to the Count of Jaunpils von der Recke. The family of Baron von der Recke owned the manor from the 1848 to 1920, when the agrarian reform began. In 1923, Durbe manor was presented to famous Latvian writer and playwright Rainis , who owned it until his death in 1929. However, Rainis used to live there for only short periods and mostly used
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