Alūksne
Sign in to saveAlūksne () is a town on the shores of Lake Alūksne in the Vidzeme region of Latvia near the borders with Estonia and Russia. It is the seat of the Alūksne municipality. Alūksne is the highest city in Latvia, being located in the East Vidzeme Upland at 217 m above sea level.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Alūksne
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jaunā pils.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The New Castle of Alūksne
- Settlement.image_flag
- Aluksne flag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Aluksne COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Alūksne Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1920
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Dzintars Adlers
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- Lake Alūksne
- Climate
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- Notable people
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Alūksne () is a town on the shores of Lake Alūksne in the Vidzeme region of Latvia near the borders with Estonia and Russia. It is the seat of the Alūksne municipality. Alūksne is the highest city in Latvia, being located in the East Vidzeme Upland at 217 m above sea level.
== History == thumb|left|Alūksne Castle in 1661 The region around lake Alūksne has been continually inhabited since around the turn of the first millenium CE, although stray finds of flint and stone tools dating back to the late Neolithic and the Bronze age have been found in the vicinity of the lake. The area is mentioned by the Pskov Chronicles in the 13th century and the Latgalian hillfort on the Tempļakalns hill is thought to have been created around this time. The region is believed to have been part of the Latgalian state of Atzele (Adselen).