Document WordLivs' village "Kosrags"
Les noms des biens figurent dans la langue dans laquelle les Etats parties les ont soumis.
Lettonie (Europe et Amérique du nord) |
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| Date de soumission : | 30/01/1996 |
| Critères: | (iii) |
| Catégorie : | Culturel |
| Soumis par : | Ministry of Culture
National Cultural Monuments' Protection Committee |
| Coordonnées | Kosrags is a populated area in Courland (Kurzeme) on the shore of the Irbe strait of the Baltic Sea |
| Ref.: | 396 |
Description
Kosrags appeared at least in 1680 when its farm "Kukini" was mentioned in chronicles for the first time. By 1770 there were already 4 old farms in Kosrags (Kine Diki, Kukini, Tilmaci and Zoki). We know of two tenant-farner habitations that existed there in 1896, and were joined by another 7 habitations after 1905. The village was populated by Livs - a small ethnos that belongs to Balto-Finns and speaks an ancient Finno-Ugrish language. Little by little thay assimilated with Latvians who entered the village gradually. The houses in the village were built rather densely along the two roads: 1) the old littoral road connecting all 16 Livs' fishermen villages at that time: 2) the fishermen s road leading from the littoral road - it connected the villages with the working place near the sea. These roads have preserved their ancient shape till the present day.