SEELūžņa village

Lūžņa is a village that is several kilometers long and is located on both sides of the Lūžņa River. In 1937, there were 36 houses and 2 piers. Today there are only six houses left. During the Soviet occupation, a military base belonging to the Soviet army was located near Lūžņa; the remains of its buildings can still be seen today.

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 A long village stretching along both banks of the Lūžņa River.  In 1937, there were 36 houses and two boat piers here.  During the 1860s, ships were built here, but during the Soviet occupation, there were military bases there.  During the 1930s, the village was visited several times by the Finnish linguist Lauri Ketunen and Estonian student Oskar Lorits.  They were working on a Livonian dictionary.  Another resident of Lūžņa was the first Livonian artist, Jānis Belte (1893-1946).  The "Dēliņi" fisherman's homestead has been transferred to the Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum and can be seen there.