Vācu karavīru atdusas vieta 1941-1944

Vācu karavīru atdusas vieta 1941-1944 is a memorial in Bauska Municipality, Latvia. Vācu karavīru atdusas vieta 1941-1944 is situated nearby to Bauska castle museum, as well as near Kurzemes hercoga rezidence.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bauska castle museum and St. George’s Church, Bauska.

Bauska castle museum

Museum

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Bauska Castle is a complex consisting of the ruins of an earlier castle and a later palace on the outskirts of the Latvian city of Bauska. While originally a hill fort, the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights built the castle in the fifteenth century, the palace was added in the sixteenth century, and restoration began in the nineteenth century. Bauska castle museum is situated 210 metres west of Vācu karavīru atdusas vieta 1941-1944.

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 430 metres northeast of Vācu karavīru atdusas vieta 1941-1944.

Roman Catholic church in Bauska

Church

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Roman Catholic church in Bauska is situated 580 metres north of Vācu karavīru atdusas vieta 1941-1944.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bauska and Mūsa.

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.