Milzkalne
Milzkalne is a village in the Smārde Parish of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The village was added to the Smārde district in 1965 as a Soviet collective farm during the Soviet Latvia period.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 689 residents
- Description: village in Latvia
- Also known as: “Milzkalnskiy” and “Slokenbeka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Šlokenbeka Castle and Milzkalne Station.
Šlokenbeka Castle
Castle
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Šlokenbeka Castle is a fortified manor in the Smārde Parish of Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. It is the only existing example of a fortified manor centre in Latvia.
Milzkalne Station
Railway stop
Photo: ScAvenger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Milzkalne Station is a railway halt located about 1 km south the village of Milzkalne in the Courland region of western Latvia. The railway halt is located on the Torņakalns – Tukums II Railway. Not every train stops at the Halt.
Tukums I
Railway station
Tukums I Station is a railway station serving the eastern part of the town of Tukums in the Courland region of western Latvia. It is one of two railway stations in the town, the other being Tukums II in the western part of the town. Tukums I is situated 3½ km west of Milzkalne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durbe and Jauntukums.
Jauntukums
Suburb
Photo: Егор Журавлёв, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jauntukums is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Milzkalne.
Tukums
Photo: Edgars2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tukums is a town in Latvia, some 70 kilometres to the west of Riga. It's also the birthplace of Samanta Tina, a semi-famous Latvian singer.
Milzkalne
- Categories: village in Latvia, large village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Smārdes pagasts, Tukums Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.97777° or 56° 58′ 40″ northLongitude
23.22521° or 23° 13′ 31″ eastPopulation
689Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
9G85X6HG+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 485356626OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
457297Wikidata ID
Q6861888
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Milzkalne” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Милзкалне”
- Cebuano: “Milzkalne”
- Chinese: “米尔兹卡尔内”
- Dutch: “Milzkalne”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميلزكالنى”
- Estonian: “Milzkalne”
- French: “Milzkalne”
- Latvian: “Milzkalne”
- Latvian: “Šlokenbeka”
- Russian: “Милзкалне”
- Swedish: “Milzkalne”
- Turkish: “Milzkalne”
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Notable Places Nearby
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