Iecava Freedom Monument Memorialinis vieta

The Iecava Freedom Monument is located in Iecava Park, on the banks of the ancient valley of the Iecava River.

The idea for the monument was developed by the pastor of the Iecava-Lambārte parish and a participant in the Freedom Struggles, Jānis Lūsis. It was carved into stone in 1936 by sculptor Pēteris Bandess. The monument is dedicated to the Latvian soldiers who fell in the freedom struggle. During the Soviet occupation, the monument was blown up, but not destroyed, it was restored in 1988. In 2018, the monument was included in the State List of Protected Cultural Monuments.

On November 11, 2018, a memorial plaque was unveiled in Iecava Park to five knights of the Lāčplēsis War Order, who were born in the former Iecava region. The five commemorated are: General Verners Tepfers, Lieutenant Colonel Jēkabs Jurševskis, Captains Nikolajs Pļavnieks and Herberts Tepfers, as well as Corporal Jēkabs Klauss. The granite stele was created as part of the project “Remember Lāčplēšis” dedicated to the centenary of the state of Latvia. Honoring the soldiers who fell in the Latvian War of Independence.