Alsunga

Alsunga Alšvanga
Village
Alsunga village
56°59′N 21°34′E / 56.983°N 21.567°E / 56.983; 21.567
Country	Latvia
Municipality	Kuldīga Municipality
First mentioned in	1230
Government
• Mayor	Daiga Kalnina
Population
• Total	1,345
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	LV-3306
Calling code	+371 6335
Number of city council members	13
Website	www.alsunga.lv

Alsunga (also Alšvanga, German: Alschwangen) is a village in 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.^[1] There are approximately 1345 inhabitants in Alsunga.

Alsunga was 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.^[2]

See also

• Alsunga Castle

References

• Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm (2000). Burgen des deutschen Mittelalters. Grundriss-Lexikon (in German). Flechsig. p. 692. ISBN 3-88189-360-1.

External links

• Media related to Alsunga at Wikimedia Commons

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UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Africa

Aixan/Gana/Ob#ANS TSI //Khasigu Bigwala Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela Earthenware pottery in Kgatleng District Empaako Isukuti Koogere oral tradition Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango Rituals and practices associated with Kit Mikayi shrine Sanké mon Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw Seperu Sega tambour Chagos Taskiwin Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda

Arab States

Al Sadu T'heydinn

Asia and Pacific

Ala kiyiz and shyrdak Biyelgee Buklog Ca trù Carolinian wayfinding and canoe making Chapei dang veng Coaxing ritual for camels Design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing Hezhen Yimakan storytelling Li textile techniques Lkhon Khol Meshrep Mongol Tuuli Mongolian calligraphy Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites Naqqāli Noken Pottery-making of Chăm people Qiang New Year festival Saman dance Skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats Suri Jagek Tais Tsuur end-blown flute Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks Wooden movable-type printing of China

Europe and
N. America

Cantu in paghjella Chovqan Glasoechko Kalyady Tsars Ojkanje singing Manufacture of cowbells Suiti cultural space Spring rite of Juraŭski Karahod Cossack’s songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region Xhubleta Yalli (Kochari, Tenzere)

Caribbean and
Latin America

Eshuva Mapoyo oral tradition Nan Pa'ch ceremony Vallenato Yaokwa

56°59′N 21°34′E / 56.983°N 21.567°E / 56.983; 21.567

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