Gulbene County History and Art Museum Museum

The manor's orangery from the side of Brīvības Street. Source: Gulbene Municipality Agency “Gulbene Tourism and Cultural Heritage Centre”
The manor's orangery from the side of Brīvības Street. Source: Gulbene Municipality Agency “Gulbene Tourism and Cultural Heritage Centre”
Manor orangery, K.Trushe. Source: Collection of the Gulbene County History and Art Museum
Near the orangery is the territory of the military airfield, where the take-off embankments have been preserved. The construction of the airfield began on November 11, 1935. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Next to the manor's orangery is the Vecgulbene Manor. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
The Gulbene White Castle is located in front of the Līdža Orangery. After the agrarian reform of 1920, the castle was expropriated from its owner and transferred to the headquarters of the 7th Sigulda Infantry Regiment. During the Red Army attack during World War II, the castle was partially destroyed in August 1944. During the years of the Latvian SSR, the castle was managed by the Soviet Army, which arranged apartments in it. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Next to the manor's orangery is the Gulbene Red Castle, where the command of the Eastern Front Reserve Battalion of the 1st (4th) Valmiera Infantry Regiment settled after the liberation of Gulbene during the Latvian freedom struggle in the summer of 1919. After the agrarian reform of 1920, the castle was expropriated from its owner and its premises were given to the Vecgulbene town six-grade elementary school, which was renamed the Gulbene town elementary school in 1928. The building was thoroughly rebuilt for the needs of the school. During World War II, the building housed a military hospital. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
View from the orangery building to the Vecgulbene Manor Castle Park. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
In the manor gardener's house, where the radar company of the Soviet army unit No. 75568 was stationed. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
View from the orangery building to the Vecgulbene Manor Castle Park. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Information stand next to the orangery of Vecgulbene Manor, where the Gulbene County History and Art Museum is located. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
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Located near the Vecgulbene Manor, on Litenes Street.

In the second half of the 1940s, the Soviet Army Unit No. 75568 radar company was stationed in the Vecgulbene Manor orangery and the adjacent manor gardener's house. For its needs, locator mounds were built and locators were installed at the airfield (former Latvian military aviation airfield). At the end of the 1980s, they were moved to Beļava parish. The Soviet army left Gulbene in 1993.

A square is visible, with two artificially raised mounds on Litenes Street.


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GNVMM Museum Collection, Catalogue "In the Footsteps of the 7th Sigulda Infantry Regiment", 2019, E. Brūvelis "History of Latvian Aviation. 1919-1940", Jumava, 2003.

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