Pāvilosta

Pāvilosta ( German Paul harbor ) is a small town in the west of Latvia between Liepāja and Ventspils, where the Saka flows into the Baltic.

History

An inhabited place of cures at this location was first mentioned in writing in 1253. The place belonged to the diocese of Courland and in 1795 part of the government of Courland in the Russian Empire. In 1879, the Baron Otto von Lilienfeld the harbor and christened the place after his brother Paul on Paul harbor. The seaport developed only slowly. Only with the construction of the naval port of Libau in 1893, the place busy with transfer orders for building materials. A smaller yard produced until the First World War, 15 ships. The wartime pulled the harbor hard hit. The only industry in the 1920s and 1930s was fishing. After the Second World War, a large fishing kolkhoz was formed which was a major employer. In 1991, the municipal charter.

Other

• A portion of the original buildings from the 19th century has been preserved.
• There is a white sandy beach and north of the village toward Jūrklane a remarkable cliff. In summer, a supra-regional Sandcastle Competition takes place.

Pāvilostas novads

2009 was the city with two rural municipalities in administrative matters, which has 3233 inhabitants (as of 1 July 2010)