Liepupe Parish


Liepupe parish is part of the Salacgrīva Municipality in the former Limbazi District, Latvia. The administrative center is the village of Mustkalni.

History

In 1322 Turaida Castle captured the boundaries of Liepupe parish. In 1403 :lv:Rīgas arhibīskapi | Archbishop of Riga :lv:Johans V fon Vallenrods| Janis V congregated in :lv:Fītinghofi| H. Fitthofhof, then obtained it Ikskili family, in 1467 H. Koskul, in 1490 :lv:Rozeni| V. Rosen. In Swedish Vidzeme in 1630 it was acquired by A. Tiesenhausen. In 1783-1784 was built the Liepupe masonry church, still standing..
After Latvian Agrarian Reform Law of 1920 took effect the :lv:Liepupes muiža|Perniegel manor was divided into 92 units with a total area of 2498 ha.
In 1935 the area of Liepupe parish was 43.2 km² and it had 776 inhabitants. Liepupes village council was established in the parish in 1945, which was liquidated in 1947 but restored in 1949 with the liquidation of the parish. The liquidated Duntes village was added to Liepupe village in 1954, and Tūja village in 1962. In 1977 part of Liepupe village territory was added to Limbažu and Skultes villages. In 1990 the village was reorganized into a parish. In 2009, Liepupe rural municipality was included as an administrative territory into Salacgrīva Municipality.

Towns, villages and settlements of Liepupe parish