Grobiņa
Sign in to saveAlso known as Seeburg, Grobin, Gruobynas
Grobiņa (; ) is a town and the administrative centre of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, eleven kilometers east of Liepāja. It was founded by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. Some ruins of their Grobiņa Castle are still visible. The town was given its charter in 1695.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Grobiņa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Grobina COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Grobiņa.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Kurzeme Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1695
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Aivars Priedols
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of city council members
- Settlement.blank_info_sec1
- 9
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 20
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Grobiņa
- Population
- 3674
- Area
- 5.12
- Elevation
- 20
- Official website
- www.grobina.lv
- Image
- Grobiņas baptistu draudzes lūgšanu nams 1999.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Grobiņa
- inception
- 1695-00-00
- postal code
- LV-3430
- P6482
- Grobiņa
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Scandinavian settlement
- Destruction
- Sports
- Gallery
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Grobiņa (; ) is a town and the administrative centre of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, eleven kilometers east of Liepāja. It was founded by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. Some ruins of their Grobiņa Castle are still visible. The town was given its charter in 1695.
During the Early Middle Ages, Grobiņa (or Grobin) was the most important political centre on the territory of Latvia. There was a centre of Scandinavian settlement on the Baltic Sea, comparable in many ways to Hedeby and Birka but probably predating them both. About 3,000 surviving burial mounds contain the most impressive remains of the Vendel Age in Northern Europe.
On the map
2 mapped locations