Valmiera county

Valmiera County Valmieras apriņķis Kreis Wolmar Вольмарскій уѣздъ
County
Location in the Governorate of Livonia
Country	Russian Empire Latvia
Russian Governorate	Livonia
Established	1745
Abolished	1949
Capital	Wolmar
Area
• Total	4,959.78 km^2 (1,914.98 sq mi)
Population  (1897)
• Total	112,826
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)

Valmieras apriņķis (Wolmarsche Kreis) on the map of Ludwig August Mellin (1798).

Valmiera county (Latvian: Valmieras apriņķis, German: Kreis Wolmar, Russian: Вольмарскій уѣздъ, romanized: Vol'marskiy uyezd) was a historic county of Latvia. Its capital was Valmiera (Wolmar).

History

The county of Valmiera was created during the administrative territorial reform of the Governorate of Riga in 1783 by merging of parishes from the preexisting Kreis Riga and Kreis Pernau.

After the establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, the Valmieras apriņķis^[1] existed until 1949, when the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR split it into the newly created districts (rajons) of Valmiera and Rūjiena (dissolved in 1959).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Wolmar had a population of 112,836. Of these, 93.3% spoke Latvian, 3.2% Estonian, 2.0% German, 0.8% Russian, 0.5% Yiddish, 0.1% Romani and 0.1% Polish as their native language.^[2]

Divisions

In 1913, Valmiera county had 56 parishes and 2 towns:^[3]

Parishes

• Ainaži Parish (Haynasch)
• Arakste Parish (Arras)
• Augstroze Parish (Hochrosen)
• Matīši Parish (Bauenhof)
• Braslava Parish (Breslau)
• Burtnieki Parish (Burtneck)
• Dauguļi Parish (Daugeln)
• Dikļi Parish (Dickeln)
• Idus Parish (Idwen)
• Ipiķi Parish (Ippik)
• Bērzaine Parish (Sternhof)
• Jeri Parish (Seyershof)
• Katvari Parish (Kadfer)
• Kauguri Parish (Kaugershof)
• Kocēni Parish (Kokenhof)
• Ķieģeļu Parish (Kegeln)
• Ķirbižu Parish (Kürbis)
• Ķoņi Parish (Königshof)
• Lādes Parish (Ladenhof)
• Lielstraupes Parish (Groß-Roop)
• Limbaži Parish (Schloß Lemsal)
• Lode Parish (Metzküll)
• Mazstraupes Parish (Klein-Roop)
• Mujānu Parish (Mojahn)
• Mūru Parish (Muremoise)
• Nabes Parish (Nabben)
• Naukšēni Parish (Naukschen)
• Ozolu Parish (Lappier)
• Pāle Parish (Sepkull)
• Liepupe Parish (Pernigel)
• Plātera Parish (Moiseküll)
• Pociema Parish (Posendorf)
• Puiķeles Parish (Puikeln)
• Raiskums Parish (Raiskum)
• Rencēni Parish (Ranzen)
• Rozbeķu Parish (Schloß Rosenbeck)
• Staicele Parish (Koddiak)
• Rūjienas Parish (Rujen-Großhof)
• Sēļi Parish (Sehlen)
• Skaņkalne Parish (Kolberg)
• Stalbe Parish (Stolben)
• Stienes-Duntes Parish (Ulpisch-Ruthern)
• Susikas Parish (Sussikas)
• Svejciema Parish (Neu-Salis)
• Ternejas Parish (Rujen-Torney)
• Umurga Parish (Ubbenorm-Saarum)
• Aloja Parish (Pürkeln)
• Unguru pagasts (Orellen)
• Vaidava Parish (Waidau)
• Vainižu pagasts (Wainsel)
• Valmiera Parish (Wolmarshof)
• Mazsalaca Parish (Schloß Salisburg)
• Vecate Parish (Alt-Ottenhof)
• Vecsalacas Parish (Alt-Salis)
• Vilzēnu pagasts (Wilsenhof)
• Viļķene Parish (Wilkenhof)

Towns

• Limbaži (Lemsal)
• Valmiera (Wolmar)

References

1. "Letonika.lv. Vārdnīcas - Latviešu—angļu vārdnīca. Apriņķis = district or county". www.letonika.lv. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
2. Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г.
3. Волостныя, станичныя, сельския, гминныя правления и управления, а также полицейские станы всей России с обозначением места их нахождения. - Киев : Изд-во Т-ва Л. М. Фиш, 1913.