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Jūrkalne
Village in Latvia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jūrkalne is a village in Latvia. It is the centre of a parish of the same name within Ventspils Municipality on the Baltic coast. Its former German name was Feliksberg (Felixberg), but its former Latvian name was Medeņciems (Meddenzeem).[1]
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Jūrkalne | |
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Village | |
![]() Monument to the victims of wars and revolutions in Jūrkalne | |
Coordinates: 57°00′22″N 21°23′13″E | |
Country | Latvia |
Municipality | Ventspils |
Parish | Jūrkalne |
Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 238 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (Eastern European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (Eastern European Summer Time) |
Website | www |
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Jūrkalne was the birthplace of Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, the Jewish ethnologist and musicologist.