Grobiņa
Grobiņa is a town and the administrative centre of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, eleven kilometers east of Liepāja. It was founded by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century.Photo: aldonis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 3,670 residents
- Description: city and capital of South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia
- Also known as: “Gerobin”, “Grobin”, “Grobinya”, “Gruobynas”, and “Seeburg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grobiņa Castle and Lutheran church in Grobiņa.
Grobiņa Castle
Castle
Photo: Semigall, Public domain.
Grobiņa Castle is a medieval castle located in the town of Grobiņa, in South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The ancient Curonian castle hill is located only 100 m from the castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iļģi and Cimdenieki.
Iļģi
Hamlet
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iļģi is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km east of Grobiņa.
Cimdenieki
Village
Cimdenieki is a small suburban settlement in Grobiņa Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The river Ālande flows through Cimdenieki. Cimdenieki is mostly known for its proximity to Liepāja International Airport. Cimdenieki is situated 5 km west of Grobiņa.
Kapsēde
Village
Kapsēde is one of the suburbs of Liepāja, Latvia. Kapsēde is situated 6 km north of Grobiņa.
Grobiņa
- Categories: city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia and locality
- Location: Grobiņa, South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.53686° or 56° 32′ 13″ northLongitude
21.1676° or 21° 10′ 3″ eastPopulation
3,670Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)United Nations Location Code
LV GBAOpen location code
9G83G5P9+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 281102424OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Grobiņa” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Grobiņa”
- Arabic: “غروبينا”
- Basque: “Grobin”
- Basque: “Grobiņa”
- Basque: “Gruobynas”
- Basque: “Seeburg”
- Belarusian: “Гробіня”
- Bulgarian: “Гробиня”
- Catalan: “Grobin”
- Catalan: “Grobiņa”
- Catalan: “Gruobynas”
- Catalan: “Seeburg”
- Cebuano: “Grobiņa”
- Chinese: “格罗比尼亚”
- Chinese: “格羅比尼亞”
- Czech: “Grobiņa”
- Danish: “Grobina”
- Danish: “Grobiņa”
- Dutch: “Grobin”
- Dutch: “Grobiņa”
- Dutch: “Gruobynas”
- Dutch: “Seeburg”
- Esperanto: “Grobin”
- Esperanto: “Grobiņa”
- Esperanto: “Grobiņas novads”
- Esperanto: “Gruobinia”
- Esperanto: “Gruobynas”
- Esperanto: “Seeburg”
- Estonian: “Grobina”
- Estonian: “Grobiņa”
- Finnish: “Grobiņa”
- French: “Grobin”
- French: “Grobiņa”
- French: “Gruobynas”
- French: “Seeburg”
- Georgian: “გრობინია”
- German: “Grobin”
- German: “Grobiņa”
- German: “Grobiņas novads”
- German: “Gruobinia”
- German: “Gruobynas”
- German: “Seeburg”
- Hebrew: “גרובין”
- Hungarian: “Grobiņa”
- Italian: “Grobin”
- Italian: “Grobiņa”
- Italian: “Gruobynas”
- Italian: “Seeburg”
- Japanese: “グロビナ”
- Japanese: “グロビニャ”
- Kazakh: “Grobïnya”
- Kazakh: “Гробиня”
- Kazakh: “گروبىينيا”
- Korean: “그로비냐”
- Latvian: “Grobiņa”
- Latvian: “Jūrpils”
- Latvian: “Sēburga”
- Lithuanian: “Grobina”
- Lithuanian: “Gruobinia”
- Lithuanian: “Gruobynas”
- Macedonian: “Гробиња”
- Moksha: “Гробиня”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grobiņa”
- Norwegian: “Grobiņa”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grobin”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grobiņa”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gruobynas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Seeburg”
- Persian: “گروبینا”
- Polish: “Grobin”
- Polish: “Grobiņa”
- Russian: “Гробин”
- Russian: “Гробиня”
- Russian: “Сеебург”
- Samogitian: “Gruobinia”
- Scots: “Grobiņa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grobiņa”
- Slovenian: “Grobin”
- Slovenian: “Grobiņa”
- Slovenian: “Gruobynas”
- Slovenian: “Seeburg”
- Spanish: “Grobin”
- Spanish: “Grobiņa”
- Spanish: “Gruobynas”
- Spanish: “Seeburg”
- Swedish: “Grobin”
- Swedish: “Grobiņa”
- Ukrainian: “Гробіна”
- Ukrainian: “Гробіня”
- Upper Sorbian: “Grobiņa”
- Urdu: “گروبینیا”
- Vietnamese: “Grobiņa”
- “Gruobinia”
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