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.
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Shipyard
editTosmare 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
editThe Latvian poet Mirdza Ķempe lived here in 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.
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