No skolotājām visvairāk atmiņā palikušas divas - mūsu audzinātāja Dace Ciekure un latviešu valodas un literatūras skolotāja Valda Cirīte, ar kurām vienmēr varēja parunāties par visdažādākajiem tematiem.īijām kā viena kupla un draudzīga ģimene. Un arī par ikviena uzņēmēja labāko reklāmu - godprātīgi paveiktu darbu. Vidusskolēni uzzināja, kā ir būt mikrouzņēmuma īpašniekam, par projektu piedāvātajām iespējām un arī par to, ar kādām grūtībām un birokrātijas šķēršļiem jāsaskaras, lai izveidotu pelnošu uzņēmumu. Virtuālās tikšanās laikā Edgars Kalniņš jauniešiem pastāstīja, kā tapusi viņa komanda, par interesantākajiem pasūtījumiem un atgadījumiem darba dzīvē. Its construction left the foundation of the castle ruins underwater.Arī viņš pats būvniecības n Laikā, kad pabeidzu Rīgas Celtniecības koledžu, valstī sākās krīze un es arī biju viens no absolventiem, kas staigāja pa būvlaukumiem, meklējot darbu.

The Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant was commissioned near the town in 1966. By then the town was known by the Latvian name Koknese.

The Baltic German von Löwenstern family constructed a Neo-Renaissance manor castle which was completed in 1894 however, it burned down during the 1905 Russian Revolution.Īfter Latvian independence from Russia and Germany was declared after World War I, a hill in the town was dubbed 'Professor's Hill' owing to its popularity as a meeting place for intelligentsia. Although the Russians had been calling it Kukeinos from the 13th century, they chose to keep the German name.Ī railway line running through Koknese was completed by 1861, allowing the town to become a recreational site. By war's end Kokenhusen was incorporated into Russian Empire with the rest of Livonia. All vessels constructed in a shipyard of Koknese founded by the voivode Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin were used for the siege of Riga (1656) and later destroyed according to the Treaty of Cardis in 1661.ĭuring the Great Northern War the castle was conquered by Saxony in 1700 and destroyed by the Saxons when they were forced to retreat before the Swedes in 1701. However, the town became part of the Dominions of Sweden in 1629 and was refortified by the Swedes.ĭuring the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) the main Russian forces marched along the bank of the Daugava towards Riga, taking Koknese on their way and renaming it to Tsarevich-Dmitriev. It was the site of the Battle of Kokenhausen in 1601, in which the hussars of the Polish cavalry defeated their numerically greater Swedish adversaries. During the 17th century Polish–Swedish wars, the town was repeatedly contested. Although Russian forces captured the town, it was recovered by Polish forces. Archbishop John V of Wallenrodt was able to resolve the conflict with the Teutonic Order and restore the territory to the church in 1397.ĭuring the Livonian War, Koknese was taken by Poland in 1561, which named the town Kokenhuza. During the 14th century, Koknese flourished as part of the mercantile Hanseatic League. The town, known in German as Kokenhusen, received its town privileges in 1277. They were supported by the Teutonic Order, as noble possession of the castle weakened the power of their rivals in the bishopric. The castle was frequently a source of dispute between the bishops and the von Tiesenhausen family, which it had been granted to as a fief in 1269. The town became the summer residence of the Archbishop of Riga in 1420 and the primary residence in the 16th century. The Order then controlled the town until its transference in 1238 to the bishops of Riga. The formal sovereignty of Polotsk was finally revoked in 1215. By 1209 Koknese had been taken over by the Order, whereupon Albert ordered the construction of a stone castle where the Daugava meets the Pērse river to replace the wooden fortification of the Latvians.

By 1205 in return for protection against Lithuanians and Polotsk, the Eastern Orthodox Church prince Vyachko ( Vetseka) of Koknese gave half of his land to Albert. By the late 12th century, the settlement of Koknese had fallen under the loose sovereignty of Principality of Polotsk as a tributary sub- principality.Īt the beginning of the 13th century, the crusading Livonian Brothers of the Sword led by Bishop Albert of Buxhoeveden of Riga began to occupy the shores of the Gulf of Riga. The site of Koknese was originally a Latgalian and Selonian settlement named Kukenois. Ruins of the Koknese Castle (W.S.Stavenhagen, 1866)

Koknese latvijas sirds