Tosmare
Tosmare is a district (neighbourhood) of Liepāja, Latvia near the neighbourhood of Karosta and Tosmare Lake. It is located in the north-eastern part of the city.
Shipyard
[edit]Tosmare is well known mostly because of the Tosmare Shipyard (Liepāja Northern Shipyard since 2020) currently owned by SIA LZK (formerly by Rīgas kuģu būvētava).[1][2] The shipyard was founded in 1900 and has two graving docks, and was used by the inter-war Latvian Navy.[3]
Notable residents
[edit]The Latvian poet Mirdza Ķempe lived here from 1914 to 1926.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "AS Tosmares Kuģubūvētava". EiroHoldings (in Latvian). Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ "Bijušajā Tosmares kuģubūvētavā kuģi uz remontu gaida rindā" [Ships waiting in line for repairs in the former Tosmare Ship Building Yard]. liepajniekiem.lv (in Latvian). 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ↑ "Tosmare Shipyard Latvia". N. Bogdanos Marine Bureau. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ "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
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