Memorial site of the hero of Latvia and Estonia, Captain Antons Irvs (1886-1919)
Memorial site

Located in Plāņi parish near Strenči, on the 3rd kilometer of the Strenči-Valka highway.

The idea to erect a monument at the site where Captain Anton Irv, commander of the Estonian Army's armored train division, fell in battle with the Bolsheviks on April 27, 1919, originated in the 1930s. In November 1937, the jury of the monument construction committee awarded first prize to the design by sculptor Ernst Jõesaar from 14 monument designs submitted to the competition.
The foundation stone of the monument was laid in 1939, as evidenced by the author's name and the year engraved on the front of the base. However, construction of the monument itself did not begin before the communist occupation.

The idea of building the monument returned after the restoration of independence of both countries, and it was inaugurated on April 23, 1994.

The front of the monument's base shows the year "1939", separated by a stylized author's mark made of the sculptor's initials "EJ". On the other side of the monument is engraved the text "ESHL 1994" (Eesti Söjahaudade Hoolde Lüt, translated as Estonian Soldiers' Grave Care Association).

Note: Anton Irvs is buried in Estonia at the Viljandi Cemetery.