Mazirbe (Livonian: Irē or Piški Īra, German: Klein-Irben) is a village place in Kolka Parish, Talsi Municipality, Latvia 18 km southwest of Kolka. It is one of twelve Livonian villages on Līvõd rānda - the Livonian Coast. Mazirbe is the cultural capital of the Livonians.
The flag of the Livonians has flown over the Livonian House of the People (Latvian: Lībiešu tautas nams or Līvu tautas nams, Livonian: Līvõd rovkuodā), a cultural centre dating from 1938, built in the heart of the village with the support of linguistic cousins in Hungary, Finland and Estonia. Inside is a small museum showing photos of past generations of Livonians. On the first Sunday of August there is a Livonian gathering here, culminating in a procession to the beach where a wreath is cast into the sea in remembrance of fishermen who have met watery deaths. A camp for young people where only Livonian is spoken is held for a week beforehand. The Mazirbe plague stone is a unique feature of the village.
The name of the village in both Livonian and Latvian translates to 'Small Irbe/Irā', as opposed to Lielirbe or 'Great Irbe/Irā'.
Mazirbe (Livonian: Irē or Piški Īra, German: Klein-Irben) is a village place in Kolka Parish, Talsi Municipality, Latvia 18 km southwest of Kolka. It...
was built in Kolka along with a grammar school nearby and navy school in Mazirbe. Many graduates in later years became sea captains first in the Russian...
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included in the Atlas Linguarum Europae to study Livonian: Miķeļtornis and Mazirbe. Viktors Bertholds (10 July 1921 – 28 February 2009), one of the last Livonian...
easier and quicker to cross the strait towards nearby Kolka, Saunags or Mazirbe, than travel by horse large distances inland. The highest point on the...
Zlēkas Ugāle 26.5 km P 124 Ventspils Kolka 75.4 km P 125 Talsi Dundaga Mazirbe 58.4 km P 126 Valdgale Roja 31.6 km P 127 Talsi Upesgrīva 34.3 km P 128...
regularly in Riga, the Latvian capital, and then went to the village of Mazirbe (where there is a Livonian cultural center) or to Livonian language-only...
narrow gauge railway, an extension of the military railway built to nearby Mazirbe during World War I. The railway was decommissioned in the 1960s, several...
Courland region of Latvia. Kolka - parish administrative center Košrags Mazirbe Pitrags Saunags Sīkrags Uši Vaide "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu...
since 1967 and has organised solo exhibitions in Kuldīga, Jūrmala, Riga, Mazirbe, Cēsis, Tukums, Smiltene and elsewhere. She is a member of the Artists...
1938 Hotel Seurahuone, Sortavala, Russia, 1938 Livonian Culture Centre, Mazirbe, Latvia, 1939 Sokos Department Store, Helsinki, 1952 SOK Toppila Mill,...
lighthouse. A coastal narrow gauge railway was planned here linking Pitrags and Mazirbe, but was left unfinished during World War I. This historic forest road...
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