Monument to soldiers who fell in World War I and the War of Independence
Memorial site

Aerial photograph from 1939. Source: Lost Latvia
Aerial photograph from 1939. Source: Lost Latvia
The monument was unveiled on August 15, 1937 in Burtnieki municipality near the Burtnieki Evangelical Lutheran Church. The monument was created based on a design by sculptor N. Maulics with donated funds. Source: Lost Latvia
Monument to those who fell in World War I and the Liberation Wars and the "Heroes' Grove". Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument to those who fell in World War I and the Liberation Wars and the "Heroes' Grove". Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument to those who fell in World War I and the Liberation Wars and the "Heroes' Grove". Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument to those who fell in World War I and the Liberation Wars. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument to those who fell in World War I and the Liberation Wars. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument to those who fell in World War I and the Liberation Wars. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument to those who fell in World War I and the Liberation Wars and the "Heroes' Grove". Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument to those who fell in World War I and the Liberation Wars and the "Heroes' Grove". Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
View of Burtnieki Evangelical Lutheran Church from "Varoņu birzs". Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Burtnieki Evangelical Lutheran Church. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Interior view of Burtnieki Evangelical Lutheran Church. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Altar of the Burtnieki Evangelical Lutheran Church. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Burtnieki rectory. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
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 "Mācītājmuiža", Burtnieku pag., Valmieras nov., Latvia
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Located near the Burtnieki Evangelical Lutheran Church and rectory.

The "Heroes' Grove" planted in 1934 near the Burtnieki Evangelical Lutheran Church and the monument to the 56 sons of the Burtnieki congregation who fell in World War I and the War of Independence, unveiled on August 15, 1937, are visible.
The monument, whose bas-relief depicts a virgin leaning on a stele with her right elbow, is engraved with the names of the fallen parish members – 31 from Burtnieki, 13 from Rencēni and 12 from Jaunburtnieki parish.
The sculptor of the monument is Nikolajs Maulics.

The “Heroes’ Grove” and the monument are located next to the Burtnieki Evangelical Lutheran Church, which is one of the most striking examples of late Gothic and Baroque in Vidzeme. During the Soviet era, in the 1960s, the church was taken away from the congregation, it stood empty, was looted and demolished. The congregation was restored in 1988.
Next to the church is the Burtnieki rectory - built in the second half of the 18th century and renovated in the 1990s. The archive of the rectory houses old church books. There are records of people with birth data as far back as 1720.

Used sources and references:

https://dom.lndb.lv/data/obj/21995.html
https://dom.lndb.lv/data/obj/56134.html
https://karavirukapi.blogspot.com/2019/08/pie-burtnieku-luteranu-baznicas.html
https://www.burtniekunovads.lv/public/lat/turisms/kulturvesture_un_muzeji/burtnieku_evangeliski_luteriska_baznica_un_macitajmuiza/