Milzkalne

Milzkalne
Village
Milzkalne
Coordinates: 56°58′36″N 23°13′21″E / 56.976773°N 23.222364°E / 56.976773; 23.222364Coordinates: 56°58′36″N 23°13′21″E / 56.976773°N 23.222364°E / 56.976773; 23.222364
Country Latvia
District Tukums
Municipality Engure
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Milzkalne is a village in Latvian Smārde parish administrative unit of the Engure municipality. The village was added to the Smārde district in 1965 as a Soviet collective farm during the Soviet Latvia (Latvian: Padomju Latvija) period. The Šlokenbeka Castle, a medieval fortified manor built in the 15th century, is located in Milzkalne.[1]

References

Sources

  • Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and Manors of Latvia. (in Latvian and English). Riga: Alberts Zarāns. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861. 


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