Vecsaule
Village
Vecsaule Meeting House
Vecsaule Meeting House
Vecsaule is located in Latvia
Vecsaule
Vecsaule
Vecsaule location in Latvia
Coordinates: 56°25′54″N 24°20′0″E / 56.43167°N 24.33333°E / 56.43167; 24.33333
Country Latvia
MunicipalityBauska
ParishVecsaule
Elevation
100 ft (30 m)
Population
 (2015)
  Total375

Vecsaule (German: Alt-Rahden) is a village in Vecsaule Parish, Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia, located in the western part of the parish, on the bank of the Vecsaules stream on the road P87, 11 km from Bauska and 76 km from Riga. Village has Parish Administration, Vecsaule Elementary School, Library, Doctor Family Practice, post office and shops.[1]

History

The village formed around the center of Vecsaule Manor (German: Alt-Rahden), having grown in the postwar years as the central village of the village councils and kolkhoz "Vecsaule". About 1 km south of the motorway V1020 is the Vecsaule Lutheran Church.[2] Vecsaule Church Pub and Parish is a cultural heritage site of local importance.

Vecsaule Lutheran Church

See also

References

  1. (in Latvian) Bauskas novada teritorijas plānojums. Paskaidrojuma raksts
  2. "Source:Alt-Rahden, Kurland, Russia. Kirchenbuch, 1801-1925 – Genealogy". werelate.org. Retrieved 2019-11-26.


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