The upgraded exhibition “The End of the War in Kurzeme” was officially opened on 13 December at the Ezere Customs House, a repository of cultural history and local history materials in Ezere within the framework of the Estonia-Latvia cross-border cooperation programme project “Military Heritage”. It reflects the events leading up to the end of World

 Visiting Latvia and Estonia you have access to military heritage locations such as museums, military equipment, trails, bunkers, battle sites, military towns, infrastructural objects, as well as memorial sites which speak to the era from the beginning of World War I in 1914 and the establishment of both countries’ independence in 1918, till the period

  Within the framework of its project “Military Heritage”, the Kurzeme Planning Region continues cooperation with two important organizations that have been researching military history for more than 20 years – Michael Molter, owner of the website www.kurland-kessel.de, and enthusiasts of international military archeology. from the non-governmental organization / association “Legenda”, as well as communication

  In May 2021, starting the tourist season, we offer travelers a new and exciting route through military heritage sites in Estonia and Latvia – museums, fortifications, military equipment, trails, bunkers, battlefields, military cities, infrastructure, memorial sites compiled in the Military Heritage Tourism brochure and map. “The history of Latvia and Estonia has a lot

  On April 23, 2021, at the beginning of the tourist season, the tower of Ventspils 46th coastal battery will be opened to visitors, it has been completely renovated and has become an observation tower with the possibility of learning about history. As a result of the project, the attractiveness, accessibility, convenience of visitors and

The Latvian Embassy in Germany has created a virtual exhibition on the website https://freiheit-1991.de/, which also has a timeline, names and explanations of key political figures, as well as a built-in magnifying glass to make the exhibition more interesting. The author of these unique pictures is the Dutch photographer Joriss van Velzen, who at that time,

Military secrets are always and at all times carefully kept and hidden. Such stories, human memories and local legends are important evidence of history, which are often not preserved and go unnoticed. It is not surprising that even now little is known about what happened in Latvia until 1994, when the Soviet army left the

One of the current projects of the Kurzeme planning region is “Military Heritage” and we are creating a tourism offer that covers the period from the independence of Latvia and Estonia to its restoration in 4 stages: World War I / Wars of Independence; World War II; National partisan movement – forest brothers; Soviet occupation

On September 15 and 16, the Kurzeme Planning Region in Ventspils hosted the partners of the project “Military Heritage” for the first face-to-face meeting. The meeting brought together all Latvian partners, representatives from the Secretariat and the Monitoring Group, as well as a special guest, an enthusiast of Latvian military history from Germany. At the

Surveys of objects, battlefields, former military bases, buildings and museums in Kurzeme for the creation of a military heritage route have been taking place since June and will continue until September! They are carried out in cooperation with municipal representatives, tourism information centers, historians and museum staff. To date, more than 45 sites have been