Dzērbene ( Latvian. Dzērbene ) is a large village in Latvia (the historical region of Vidzeme ), the administrative center of the Derbene parish of the Vecpiebalga region .
| Large village | |
| Zerbene | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Dzērbene | |
 | |
| A country |  Latvia |
| Edge | Vecpiebalga |
| Parish | Dzerbenskaya |
| History and geography | |
| First mention | 1357 |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 515 [1] people |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +371 |
| Postcode | LV-4118 [2] |
It is located on the right bank of the river Dzerbe ( Latvian Dzērbe ), a tributary of the Gauja , not far from the P30 highway, 20 km from the center of the Vecpiebalga region and 110 km from Riga .
In written sources, Zerbene was first mentioned in 1357, when the Archbishop of Riga ordered to build the Dzerbensky Castle ( Latvian. Dzērbenes viduslaiku pils ) at this place and gave these lands to the management of the vassal (Sīman Serben (Zerben)), from whose name the name Derzen was derived ( Serben ). [3] The settlement was formed around the Zerbensky manor ( Latvian. Dzērbenes muiža ) erected on the site of a former castle. In 1931, Zerbene was given the status of a densely populated place (village).
In Zerbene there is a parish office, a secondary school, a music school, a palace of culture, a library, a post office. Historical and architectural monuments are the Zerbenskoye estate with a park, the hillfort High Mountain ( Latvian. Augstais kalns ), a Lutheran church.
Famous People
- Friedrich David Lenz (1745-1809), lecturer at the University of Dorpat .
- Robert Karlovich Freytag (1802-1851), officer of the Russian army, member of the Caucasian Wars.
- Waldemar Zamuel (1872-1948), Prime Minister of Latvia (1924).
Notes
- ↑ Geographic names database LĢIA (Latvian Geospatial Information Agency) (Latvian.)
- ↑ Book of postal codes of Latvia - December 2016 (Latvian.)
- ↑ Latvijas pagasti: Enciklopēdija. - Rīga: AS Preses nams, 2001–2002. - ISBN 9984-00-412-0