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Lielirbe (Livonian: ฤชra) is a populated place in Tฤrgale Parish, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on Lฤซvรตd rฤnda - the Livonian Coast. The name from Latvian translates to 'Great Irbe (River)', since the Irbe flows in to the Baltic Sea at the village.
Lielirbe
Livonian: ฤชra | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Village pier | |
  Lielirbe Location in Latvia | |
| Coordinates: 57ยฐ37โฒ08โณN 22ยฐ06โฒ24โณE๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ57.61889ยฐN 22.10667ยฐE | |
| Country |  ย Latvia |
| Municipality | Ventspils Municipality |
| Parish | Tฤrgale Parish |
| First mentioned | 1387 |
| Elevation | 13ย ft (4ย m) |
| Population ย (2015) | |
ย โขย Total | 4 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Most homes in the village are not inhabited year-round after the Livonian Coast was made into a closed border area of the Iron Curtain for fifty years during the Soviet occupation of Latvia.
Notable people
editBorn in Lielirbe:
- Mฤrtiลลก Lepste (Livonian: Maลt Lepst ) (1881-1958) โ Livonian sailor and teacher on the Liv coast in 1923โ1938, chairman of the Livonian Union in 1924โ1933.[1]
- Didriฤทis Blลซms (1893-1970) โ conductor of Lielirbe choir.
- Emฤซlija Rulle (1910-1989) โ a poet.
- Valda Blลซma-ล uvcฤne (1923-2007) โ researcher of the Livonian culture and history.
References
edit- ^ "The teaching of Livonian in the coast schools was undertaken by the Livonian sailor Maลt Lepst, who ended up riding on horseback from town to town, teaching at each school one day a week." Virtual Livonia. History. The Second National Awakening.
See also
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