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13-409: On 1 July 2021, Ropaži Municipality was enlarged when Garkalne Municipality , Stopiņi Municipality and Vangaži town were merged with it. The entire territory of Ropaži Municipality is defined by Latvian law as a part of the region of Vidzeme . The center of Ulbroka is 14 km from Riga , the capital of Latvia. Territory: 322 km. Population: 6.832 inhabitants. As of 1 January 2002

26-822: Is one of the Historical Latvian Lands . The capital of Latvia , Riga , is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River . Sometimes in German , it was also known as Livland , the German form from Latin Livonia , though it comprises only a small part of Medieval Livonia and about half (the Latvian part) of Swedish Livonia . Most of

39-819: The Aiviekste River , since then forming Vidzeme's eastern border. During the course of the Great Northern War , Swedish Livonia was conquered by the Russian Empire and ceded to Russia at the Treaty of Nystad in 1721. In place of Livonia the Russians created the Riga Governorate, but in 1796 the Riga Governorate was renamed the Governorate of Livonia , administered autonomously by the local German Baltic nobility through

52-685: The German conquest in the 13th century the Daugava, which now forms the south-east border of Vidzeme, was the boundary between the lands of the Livs and Latgalians on the right bank and those of the Semigallians and Selonians on the left bank of the river. The most notable Latgalian region in today's Vidzeme was Tālava . After the Livonian War , part of the Livonian Confederation on the right bank of

65-739: The Daugava river and the Patrimony of Riga was ceded to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the Duchy of Livonia (the left bank forming the Duchy of Courland and Semigalia ). Afterwards, the region was invaded by Sweden in 1600 , 1617 and 1621 . After the Polish-Swedish War concluded by the Truce of Altmark in 1629, Sweden acquired the western part of the Duchy of Livonia roughly as far as

78-515: The clergyman C. von Walter described Professor Robertson's flight from Riga to Ropaži in a hot-air balloon . In 1855 Ropaži manor became the property of Baron Victor von Wolf. At the beginning of the 19th century the Ropaži manor burned down. Ropaži was seriously affected by World War I and World War II . In 1949 over 150 inhabitants suffered in Soviet repressions . In 1936 Ropaži 7–grade Primary School

91-479: The council of the municipality is situated extraterritorially in Berģi , Riga . The population in 2020 was 8,923. On 1 July 2021, Garkalne Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged with Ropaži Municipality . The main rivers are Lielā Jugla, Mazā Jugla (as a border river between Garkalne municipality and Stopiņi municipality), Krievupe, Jugla, in a small section of the river Tumšupe. The largest lakes in

104-404: The first garden parks of Latvia. In an area of 93,000 square metres 29 species of trees and bushes were planted. In reports of 1736 we can find information about the education of children. In 1766 the parish school “Pārupes” was established. Two famous Latvians worked there: the writer and translator Augusts Kažoks , an adherent of "The New Current ", and the poet Doku Atis . On 18 August 1804

117-606: The inhabitants of the district to be Livs of the Daugava . In about 1320 the Livonian Order built a stone castle at Ropaži which served as the centre of the district administration. The castle was destroyed during the Livonian War in the 17th century. In the 16th century one of the most important routes of Vidzeme led through Ropaži. In the 18th century the baronial Berg family obtained Ropaži manor and carried out large construction works. The gardener Daniel Ebel formed one of

130-581: The largest villages are: The territory of the Ropaži Municipality has been inhabited since the Stone Age – Neolithic era (3,000 years B.C.). 4 ancient cemeteries and stone objects have been discovered here. The first written evidence of Ropaži and its inhabitants go back to 1205, when Henry of Livonia mentioned Ropaži in the Indriķis Chronicles . Ethnographer Augusts Bīlenšteins considered

143-516: The region are Lielais Baltezers, Langstiņi Lake, Lielais Jūgezers, Mālezers, Mašēnu Lake and Upesciems Ponds. Maltuve swamp is located in the eastern part of the county. 57°02′51″N 24°25′14″E  /  57.04750°N 24.42056°E  / 57.04750; 24.42056 This Vidzeme location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vidzeme Vidzeme ( pronounced [ˈvid̪͡z̪eme] ; Old Latvian orthography : Widda-semme , Livonian : Vidūmō )

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156-475: The region's inhabitants are Latvians (85%), thus Vidzeme is the most ethnically Latvian region in the country. The historic Governorate of Livonia is also larger than Vidzeme, since it corresponds roughly to Swedish Livonia . In ancient times, the territory of Vidzeme was inhabited by Latgalians and Livs (near the coast of the Gulf of Riga and along the lower reaches of the Daugava and Gauja rivers). Until

169-513: Was built; in 1960 it was transformed into a secondary school. In Ropaži are many significant cultural and natural features: 56°58′19″N 24°37′54″E  /  56.97194°N 24.63167°E  / 56.97194; 24.63167 Garkalne Municipality Garkalne Municipality ( Latvian : Garkalnes novads ) was a municipality in Vidzeme , Latvia . The municipality was formed in 2007 by reorganization of Garkalne Parish . The seat of

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