Ikšķile

Latvian Cities
name=Ikšķile
Coa=Ikskile gerb.png



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citysince=1992
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n1=56
n2=49
e1=24
e2=29
othernames= _de. Üexküll
Mayor=Jānis Rudzītis
nrofmembers=11
District=Ogre
area=2.2
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population=4146
density=1884
postcode=LV-5052
callcode=50
webpage=http://www.ikskile.lv

Ikšķile (audio|Ikskilepronunc.ogg|pronunciation) is a city in Latvia. It was the center of ancient Livonia, known by the German name of Üxküll. Meinhard, known from the "Chronicle of Henry of Livonia", was the first bishop of Üxküll. In 1197 Berthold of Hanover, a Cistercian abbot of Loccum, was made the second bishop of Üxküll. Those days the city was the center of the upcoming crusading activities in the Livonian area. Bishop Berthold moved the episcopal see to Riga, but was killed by the Livs in battle.

The word Ikskile (or the german Üxküll, Uexküll) becomes from the meaning of (Finno-ugrian) Livonian word ükskül (yksikylä in Finnish).Ükskül (üks = one, kül = village) means simply just village number one, one village or The Village.

ee also

List of cities in Latvia

References

Source: William Urban, "The Teutonic Knights, a Military History", (London 2003) 82,83. ISBN 1853675350