Guntas

Guntas is a village in Codes pagasts, Bauska Municipality and has about 88 residents. Guntas is situated nearby to the hamlet Jauncode, as well as near Kundziņkrogs.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bauska Church of the Holy Spirit and St. George’s Church, Bauska.

Bauska Church of the Holy Spirit

Church

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Church of the Holy Spirit is a Lutheran church and the oldest existing building in Bauska, Latvia. Built between 1591 and 1594 for the needs of the city's Baltic German population. Bauska Church of the Holy Spirit is situated 3½ km south of Guntas.

St. George’s Church, Bauska

Church

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St. George's Church is a Latvian Orthodox church in Bauska, Latvia. In 1876 czarist authorities gifted a plot of land to the local Orthodox community which was established in 1856 and by 1881 numbered 95 people. St. George’s Church, Bauska is situated 4 km south of Guntas.

Roman Catholic church in Bauska

Church

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Roman Catholic church in Bauska is situated 3½ km south of Guntas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bauska and Code.

Bauska

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Bauska is a town in Zemgale, 66 km from Riga and 20 km from the Lithuanian border, at the confluence of the Mūsa and Mēmele rivers where they form the Lielupe river.