Ikšķile
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Ikšķile (, ; , or ; ; ) is a town in Ogre Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It was the first capital of the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Livonia, known by the German name of Üxküll.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ikšķile
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ikšķiles_baznīcas_drupas.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Ikšķile.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Ikšķile.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ogre Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1992
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Indulis Trapiņš
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of city council members
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ikšķile
- Country
- Latvia
- Located in
- Ogre Municipality
- Population
- 7448
- Area
- 9.95
- Elevation
- 20
- Body of water
- Daugava
- Capital of
- Ikšķile Municipality
- Official website
- www.ikskile.lv
- Image
- Ikšķiles luterāņu baznīca 2000-12-03.jpg
- Dialing code
- 650
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- Commons category
- Ikšķile
- postal code
- LV-5052
- inception
- 1992-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P6482
- Ikšķile
- native label
- Ikšķile
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Latvia's First Castle
- Moving of the Livonian Bishopric Center
- Government
- School
- Ikšķile library
- Popular places and objects
- See also
- References
- External links
Ikšķile (, ; , or ; ; ) is a town in Ogre Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It was the first capital of the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Livonia, known by the German name of Üxküll.
Saint Meinhard was the first bishop of Üxküll. In 1197, Berthold of Hanover, a Cistercian abbot of Loccum, was made the second bishop of Üxküll. Those days the town was the center of the upcoming crusading activities in the Livonian area. Bishop Berthold moved the episcopal see to Riga, before being killed by the Livs in battle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ikšķile” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.