Remte manor house and park Battle site
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Remte Manor Castle (German: Remten) is a manor house located in Remte. The buildings and the park of Remte Manor are national monuments. The manor house houses the Remte Primary School. Remte Manor Palace was built in 1800 in the Berlin Classicist style for the then owner of the manor, Count Karl Medem.
At the end of World War II, the 19th Division of the Latvian Legion of the German Army Group was stationed in Remte Manor and its surroundings.
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https://www.kurzemesregions.lv/projekti/turisms/unigreen/dabas-takas/pastaigu-takas-remtes-muizas-parka/
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