Bāžciems
History
The Bāžciems or Bāžnieki (German: Bahseneck), belonging to the Duke of Courland, Sloka manor, formed the boundary of the Slokas town, marked by the Vecslocenes River with mills. During the Polish-Swedish War in 1605-1608 Swedes erected fortifications here. In the period of Kurzeme's economic prosperity, the Duke Jacob Kettler wanted to create a rival export port in Riga at Sloka, where glass factories and copper smelting were established. He ordered the construction of a canal linking the Slokas port to the Lielupe with the Baltic Sea through the present River Vecslocene and the Slokas lake .
In 1783, Slokas Manor was separated from the Sloka region from the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale and added to the Russian Empire. The village in 1795 had 159 inhabitants - 82 men and 77 women.
In 1925, the village was added to the town of Slokas. Slokas together with Bačciems was included in the city of Jurmala in 1959.
References
- ^ Jūrmalas pilsētas teritorijas plānojums
- ^ (in Latvian) P. Belte. Rīgas Jūrmalas, Slokas un Ķemeru pilsētas ar apkārtni. Vēsturisks apskats ar 204 ilustrācijām. 1935. 50 lpp.