Memorial stone "Refugee Path" Memorial site

Daugmale parish, Kalniņi. On the Ķekava – Jaunjelgava road (P85), on the left side.

During World War I, the so-called Refugee Route ran through Daugmale. In 1915, when German troops entered, refugees from Kurzeme and Zemgale crossed the Daugava to Riga, Vidzeme and Russia. The refugee movement in the Latvian countryside included hundreds of thousands of people. In total, at least 850,000 Latvian residents went on the refugee journey. The exact number of refugees is unknown, because a large part of the refugees was not counted. The refugees went not only to Vidzeme and Latgale, but a large part took a further route to Russia, mainly to its large cities. Along the way, they usually lost all their belongings, including livestock, which either died on the way or were bought by the army for a small fee.

In 1991, the road was marked by a stone by sculptor Viļnis Titāns, placed by the Culture Foundation. It bears the inscription "Refugees' Path", and the stone appears to have the footprints of small bare feet leading away from the houses.