Narrow gauge railway line during World War I: Lāčplēsis - Vitkopi
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The site of a railway line about 9 km long, which started at the present-day Lāčplēsis railway station (Bhf. Kerghof), and ended at the present-day Witkopu lake (Bhf. Witkop). There were two more stations on the line: Bhf. Sillesemnek (Silenieki) and Bhf. Hasenheide. In nature and on the LIDAR map, north of Lake Witkop (an artificially created reservoir), > 100 pits of various sizes and shapes are visible - presumably, the "traces" of buildings, warehouses, etc. of infrastructure from the First World War. South of the lake is the Witkop brothers' cemetery. With the support of this railway line, the needs of the German army front on the left bank of the Daugava during the First World War were ensured.
Used sources and references:
1. Historical, LIDAR and other maps: https://vesture.dodies.lv/#m=15/56.71776/24.69606&l=O/KDW
2. Map “1914 – 19 Karte des Weslichen Russlands”
