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JewishGen Locality Page - Limbaži, Latvia

Limbaži, Latvia

Alternate names: Limbaži [Latv], Lemsal [Ger], Lemzal' [Rus], Lemsalu [Est], Limbažiai [Lith], Limbazhi

Region: Livlandriga

JGFF Town Search (3 Matches)

	Town	District	Province	Country
Before WWI (c. 1900):	Lemzal	Volmar	Livland	Russian Empire
Between the wars (c. 1930):	Limbaži	Valmiera	Vidzeme	Latvia
After WWII (c. 1950):	Limbaži			Soviet Union
Today (c. 2000):	Limbaži			Latvia

Jewish Population in 1900:

~200

Notes:

Russian: Лемзаль.
45 miles NNE of Rīga.

Limbaži, Latvia: 57°31' N, 24°42' E

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Nearby Jewish Communities:

Cēsis 25 miles SE
Valmiera 26 miles E
Rūjiena 35 miles NE
Smiltene 45 miles E
Rīga 45 miles SSW

the JewishGen Latvia Database for Limbaži / Lemzal.
the JewishGen website for Limbaži / Lemzal.

Additional information for Limbaži:

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 731: "Limbazi".
Pinkas HaKehilot, Latvia and Estonia (1988), p. 186: "Limbazi"
Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), V, p. 138: "Lemsal".
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