Zolitūde

Zolitude (pronounced Solitude ) is a district of the Latvian capital Riga. It is located west of the city dividing the Daugava River and near the airport. Covering an area of ​​2,888 km2 live 20,145 inhabitants (as of 2010). Zolitude the Latvian postal code LV- 1029.

Description

Zolitude is now one resulting in the era of the Soviet Union housing estate ( in the Russian language Mikrorajon ). The name is derived from the French solitude, dt loneliness or solitude. Anna Ulrike von Vietinghoff, which here had Country Estate, was named after. The area, marked the beginning of the 20th century cottages and houses, was built in the 1930s with multi-family homes. After the Second World War, when Latvia was the Soviet Union annexed, settled in the area before moving here all Russians. The mid-1980s began the development with 8 - and 9- Geschossern the spread in the Soviet Union unit construction type 119

The area is divided into parts 1 and Zolitude Zolitude 2, the main highways leading hot Karla Ulmana, Lielirbes, Zolitudes, Rostokas and Anniņmuižas. It is connected to the main railway line between Riga and Jurmala beach suburb by two stations, Zolitude and Imanta. The quick access to the Baltic Sea beach and proximity to the airport make Zolitude from a geographical point of view attractive as a residential area.

The Latvian telephone company Lattelecom closed in January 2009 Zolitude on the first residential area in the country with fiber optic cables (100 Mbit / s) to the Internet.

In November 2013 Zolitude fell into the international headlines when the roof of a supermarket collapsed and more than 50 people among themselves buried. The disaster is the biggest disaster in Latvia dar. since independence from the Soviet Union