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Valle

Latvia / Ogres / Lielvarde /

Place of Valle (Wallhof) Battle (in 07.01.1626) between Swedes (4900 men, 6 cannons) and Poles (4000 men, 6 cannons). Swedes won, poles lost 1200 men, 3 canons, more than 1000 horses and war materials.

Georg Mantzell (Juris Mancelis, 1593-1654), translator to Latvian, serve as priest at Valle Lutheran church here in 1616-1620
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Coordinates:   56°30'48"N   24°43'34"E
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