Courland_Peninsula

Courland Peninsula

Courland Peninsula

North-western part of Courland, Latvia

The Courland Peninsula (Latvian: Kurzemes pussala, German: Kurland) is a historical and cultural region in western Latvia in the north-western part of Courland. Fourteen coastal villages on the peninsula make of the Livonian core area.[1]

The Courland Peninsula is the northern part of Courland, a historical and cultural region in western Latvia (highlighted in yellow) on the map

It is bordered by the Baltic Sea in the West, the Irbe Strait in the North and the Gulf of Riga in the East. It covers northwestern Latvia.

The Courland Peninsula was the site of the Courland Pocket of World War II.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ozoliņa, Lolita; Ernštreits, Valts; Koreinik, Kadri; Vītola, Ieva (2022-09-05). "The manifestations of Livonian intangible cultural heritage across the Latvian and Estonian border: framing early field notes from research sites". Eesti ja Soome-Ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics. 13 (1): 233–256–233–256. doi:10.12697/jeful.2022.13.1.09. ISSN 2228-1339.
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    McKale, Donald M. (June 2008). "Hitler, Dönitz, and the Baltic Sea: The Third Reich's Last Hope, 1944–1945". Central European History. 41 (2): 328–330. doi:10.1017/S0008938908000484. ISSN 0008-9389.

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