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Mazsalaca

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Country
  
Latvia

Town rights
  
1928

Postal code
  
LV-4215

Area
  
2.7 km²

District
  
Mazsalaca municipality

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Calling code
  
+371 642

Local time
  
Thursday 9:38 AM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 83% Humidity

Vello parade mazsalaca


Mazsalaca ([ˈmɑsːɑlɑtsɑ]; Livonian: Piški Salats, Estonian: Väike-Salatsi, German: Salisburg) is a town in Mazsalaca municipality, Vidzeme, Latvia with 1269 inhabitants.

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Map of Mazsalaca, Mazsalacas pils%C4%93ta, LV-4215, Latvia

Mazsalaca manor from the bird view winter


Geography

The area includes the largest known Stone Age burial site in Northern Europe and was first settled ca. 5000 BC. The present town began to develop in 1864, when a bridge over the Salaca river was constructed.

In October 2009 a meteorite crater was found near the town, which later turned out to be hoax as part of marketing campaign of telecommunication company Tele2.

People

People who were born, lived in Mazsalaca:

  • Gustavs Ērenpreiss (1891 - 1956) - bicycle master
  • Augusts Kirhenšteins (1876 - 1963) - microbiologist and educator
  • Valters Hirte (1913 - 1983) - craftsman
  • Ansis Epners (1937 - 2003) - film director
  • Oskars Perro (1918 - 2003) - soldier and writer
  • References

    Mazsalaca Wikipedia