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In the second half of the 16th century, Aizpute experienced rapid development because the Tebra river was used as the main trade route for the merchants of Aizpute who shipped their cargo down to the sea. After the
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ordered the building of a stone castle in Aizpute. The castle and the whole settlement became known as Hasenpoth. After the partition of Courland in 1253 Aizpute became part of the
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During the period of the Republic of Latvia, Aizpute became the centre of a district, but in the Soviet period it became incorporated into
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since the 9th century. St. John Lutheran's church was built on the Curonian
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In 1795, Aizpute and the whole of Courland was incorporated into the
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Ruins of Castle Hasenpoth now Aizpute Castle, built in 13th century.
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of its German name, and is officially in use since 1917.
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The territory of modern Aizpute was inhabited by ancient
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Aizpute 515:Eduard von Keyserling 426:Bishopric of Courland 400: 381:in the valley of the 283: • Summer ( 747:Aizpute Municipality 490:Aizpute Municipality 467:Courland Governorate 438:to Aizpute in 1378. 257: • Density 139: /  444:Polish-Swedish war 432:Bishop of Courland 403: 249: • Total 236: • Water 220: • Total 115:Location in Latvia 1457: 1456: 1031: 1030: 791: 790: 687:aizputesnovads.lv 542:Mārtiņš Freimanis 524:Tatjana Barbakoff 519:Tāšu-Padure Manor 348: 347: 228: • Land 143:56.717°N 21.600°E 16:(Redirected from 1507: 1058: 1051: 1044: 1035: 1034: 837:Liepāja District 818: 811: 804: 795: 794: 740: 733: 726: 717: 716: 698: 697: 695: 694: 679: 673: 672: 670: 668: 657: 651: 650: 648: 646: 635: 604: 603: 591: 590: 486:Liepāja District 452:Powiat Piltynski 436:Magdeburg rights 415:Livonian crusade 344: 341: 339: 288: 169: 167: 166: 154: 153: 151: 150: 149: 144: 140: 137: 136: 135: 132: 105: 104: 98: 79: 69: 54: 33: 32: 21: 1515: 1514: 1510: 1509: 1508: 1506: 1505: 1504: 1475:Towns in Latvia 1460: 1459: 1458: 1453: 1075: 1062: 1032: 1027: 896: 880:Municipalities: 875: 839: 835:of the defunct 822: 792: 787: 778:Kazdanga Parish 749: 744: 707: 702: 701: 692: 690: 681: 680: 676: 666: 664: 659: 658: 654: 644: 642: 637: 636: 632: 627: 615: 598: 585: 575: 569: 554:Anton Zabolotny 536:Ingrīda Circene 505: 395: 361:; 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Hasenpoth
Atmodas street in Aizpute
Flag of Aizpute
Coat of arms of Aizpute
Aizpute is located in Latvia
56°43′N 21°36′E / 56.717°N 21.600°E / 56.717; 21.600
Latvia
Municipality
South Kurzeme Municipality
Town rights
Mayor
Time zone
UTC+2
EET
DST
UTC+3
EEST
Postal code
Calling code
www.aizpute.lv
German
Polish
town
Latvia
South Kurzeme Municipality
Tebra River
Liepāja

Curonians
hillfort

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