waterfall
Ventas Rumba
Europe's widest waterfall at around 240 metres across on the Venta river at Kuldīga, viewable from the adjacent old brick bridge.
25 km · about 30 min drive
Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia · Europe
Alsunga is worth a stop: 30 minutes from Kuldīga, 25km from Ventas Rumba.
Alsunga is a town located in Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia. With a population of 940, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Alsunga sits in Latvia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Riga time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Alsunga to your route.
Alsunga (also Alšvanga, German: Alschwangen) is a village and the center of Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Alsunga is the center of the Suiti, a small Catholic community in the Lutheran western part of Latvia. There are approximately 1345 inhabitants in Alsunga.
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first mentioned in 1230, as an old settlement of Curonians with Curonian name and typical suffix -anga- (comp. Alšvanga, Palanga). In 1372, a castle was built for the vogt of Kuldīga komtur. In 1561 Alsunga became the part of the predominantly Lutheran Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. In 1567, the Saint Michael church was built. In 1623, the local landowner, Johan Ulrich von Schwerin, in order to marry a Catholic court lady Barbara Konarska from Vilnius, agreed to himself become Catholic. After the marriage he lived in Lithuania and Poland until 1632, when he returned to Alsunga after his father's death. In 1634, Johan Ulrich invited Jesuits to establish a mission in Alsunga to help him transfer all his peasants to Catholic faith.
On October 1, 2009, the Suiti cultural space was included in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
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Alsunga is located in Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia, Europe. The coordinates are 56.9819 latitude, 21.5594 longitude.
Alsunga has a population of approximately 940 people, making it a town in Latvia.
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waterfall
Europe's widest waterfall at around 240 metres across on the Venta river at Kuldīga, viewable from the adjacent old brick bridge.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Ruined tsarist coastal artillery fortifications collapsing into the Baltic sea north of Liepāja, reachable by road with informal parking.
57 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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