Fragment of World War I fortifications near the Lesmani brothers' cemetery
Battle site

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If you go west from the Dzintari – Vecumnieki road (P88) to the cemetery of the Lezmans (Lesmaņu, Lessmann) brothers, behind the stream that you have to cross, there are very interesting remains of a World War I fortification with a bunker and a fragment of a concrete wall. Judging by the remains of bunkers, trench positions and pits visible in nature and on LIDAR maps in a wider area – all the way to the Daugava, there was a larger military “complex” here in the relevant period with buildings, warehouses, defensive structures, etc. Approximately a kilometer north of this place, on the banks of the Daugava there is a concrete fire point of the German army.

Used sources and references:

1. Historical, LIDAR and other maps: https://vesture.dodies.lv/#m=15/56.71776/24.69606&l=O/KDW

2. Ķegums County Tourist Information Center