Tosmare

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Coordinates: 56°33′11″N 21°02′51″E / 56.55306°N 21.04750°E / 56.55306; 21.04750
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Tosmare is a district north of Liepāja, Latvia near the Karosta and lake "Tosmare".

Shipyard[edit]

Tosmare is well known mostly because of its shipyard "Tosmare", with Tosmare Shipyard currently owned by Rīgas Kuģu Būvētava.[1] The shipyard was founded in 1900 and has two graving docks.[2]

Notable residents[edit]

The Latvian poet Mirdza Ķempe lived here in 1914–1926.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AS Tosmares Kuģubūvētava". EiroHoldings (in Latvian). Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Tosmare Shipyard Latvia". N. Bogdanos Marine Bureau. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Mirdzas Ķempes". Literatūras Elektroniskā Krātuve (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

56°33′11″N 21°02′51″E / 56.55306°N 21.04750°E / 56.55306; 21.04750


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