Straupe

Straupe
Village

Lielstraupe Castle at Straupe village

Coat of arms
Nickname(s): German: Roop
Straupe

Location in Latvia

Coordinates: 57°20.822′N 24°56.852′E / 57.347033°N 24.947533°E / 57.347033; 24.947533Coordinates: 57°20.822′N 24°56.852′E / 57.347033°N 24.947533°E / 57.347033; 24.947533
Country  Latvia
Municipality Pārgauja
Town rights 1356
Lost town rights seventeenth Century
Population
  Total 700
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Calling code +371 51

Straupe is a village in the Pārgauja municipality of Latvia. Until the thirteenth century it was a part of the ancient Idumea country, later became the trade center known in German as Roop, and received its town privileges in 1374. During the fourteenth century, Straupe flourished as part of the mercantile Hanseatic League.

Origin of name

It is possible that Straupe name comes from the Livonian language word rough, meaning "running water."

See also

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