"Daugava road" (Düna Weg) Infrastructure
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On the map of the First World War, the section of the road (the present Baldones - Tomes road, V4) is named "Düna Straße" - Daugava street or Daugava road. To the north of it was the Toms Manor (Gut Tomsdorf), the Wheel Hill and a dense network of small forest roads and trails, each given its own name on World War I German Army maps. During the First World War, the Daugava road was crossed by a narrow-gauge railway (it started from the Gediņu station "Bahnhoff Gedeng" at the Vecumnieki - Mercendarbe railway during the First World War, 1435 mm wide), whose tracks continued in the direction of the Daugava. It crossed Silupi (Kausupi) near Sille houses (former station "Bhf. Sille), but near Podnieki houses it branched. The first branch went to the right to Berkava, and the second to the left to Vilku mountains and then returned to the broad gauge (1435 mm) at the Skarbe railway station. Nowadays, the 17 km long and winding gravel road connecting Baldoni to Tomi winds through a larger forest massif, crossing the inland dune area, the highest peak of which is Rata Kalns - 67.8 m above sea level. The Baldone - Tomi road is ancient a historic road that had military strategic importance during both world wars of the 20th century.
Used sources and references:
1. Map “1914 – 19 Map of Western Russia”
Your comments
Daumant, thank you very much for the corrections and clarifications.
“Bhf. (Bahnhoff) Salit ”-“ Meža Sīlīši ”was not the final station for that railway, but the tracks went further in the direction of the Daugava. The railway crosses Silupe near the houses of Silu. Here was the station “Bhf. Further off at Podnieki 's house, it branched off. The first branch to the right to Berkava.