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{{Short description|Historical German name for the town Valga/Valka (Estonia/Latvia)}}
'''Walk''' was the historical German name for the town that is since [[1920]] divided into [[Valga, Estonia|Valga]] in [[Estonia]] and [[Valka]] in [[Latvia]]. After 1419 it was the seat of the [[Landtag]] of the [[Livonian Confederation]].

'''Walk''' was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into [[Valga, Estonia|Valga]] in [[Estonia]] and [[Valka]] in [[Latvia]].<ref name="visitvalgavalka.com">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://visitvalgavalka.com/history/ |website=Visit Valga Valka |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> After 1419 it was the seat of the [[Landtag]] of the [[Livonian Confederation]].<ref name="visitvalgavalka.com_photobook">{{cite web |title=Valga. Valka |url=https://visitvalgavalka.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/VALGA_VALKA_photo-book.pdf |website=visitvalgavalka.com |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Ethnic composition 1897
! rowspan="2" |Ethnicity
! colspan="2" |[[1897 Russian Census|1897]]<ref name=census>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/Statisticsofthe1897AllRussiaCensus/First%20General%20Census%20of%20the%20population%20of%20the%20Russian%20Empire%20in%201897%20Livonia%20gubernia%20rsl01003956036/ |title=ПЕРВАЯ ВСЕОБЩАЯ ПЕРЕПИСЬ НАСЕЛЕНІЯ. РОССІЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРІИ 1897 г. XXІ. ЛИФЛЯНДСКАЯ ГУБЕРНІЯ. |trans-title=First General Population Census. Russian Empire, year 1897. XXI. Livonian Governorate. |publisher=Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Empire |year=1905 |location=St. Petersburg |pages=2–3 (28) |language=ru}}</ref>
|-
!amount
!%
|-
|[[Latvians]]
|4453
|40.8
|-
|[[Estonians]]
|3594
|32.9
|-
|[[Russians]]{{efn|Including Ukrainians and Belarusians}}
|1214
|11.1
|-
|[[Germans]]
|1145
|10.5
|-
|[[Jews]]
|303
|2.77
|-
|[[Polish people|Poles]]
|197
|1.80
|-
|other
|16
|0.15
|-
!Total
!10922
!100
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Religious composition 1897
! rowspan="2" |Religion
! colspan="2" |[[1897 Russian Census|1897]]<ref name="census"/>
|-
!amount
!%
|-
|[[Protestantism|Protestants]]{{efn|Excluding Anglicans}}
|7862
|72.0
|-
|[[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]]
|2403
|22.0
|-
|[[Old Believers|Orthodox Old Believers]]
|53
|0.49
|-
|[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]
|222
|2.03
|-
|[[Jews|Jewish]]{{efn|Including [[Karaite Judaism|Karaites]]}}
|380
|3.48
|-
|[[Muslims]]
|1
|0.001
|-
|Other Christian denominations{{efn|Including [[Anglicanism|Anglicans]]}}
|1
|0.001
|-
|Other non-Christian denominations
|0
|0
|-
!Total
!10922
!100
|}
{{notelist}}


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[List of German exonyms for places in Latvia]]
*[[List of German exonyms for places in Latvia]]


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Latest revision as of 18:30, 24 May 2024

Walk was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia.[1] After 1419 it was the seat of the Landtag of the Livonian Confederation.[2]

Demographics

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Ethnic composition 1897
Ethnicity 1897[3]
amount %
Latvians 4453 40.8
Estonians 3594 32.9
Russians[a] 1214 11.1
Germans 1145 10.5
Jews 303 2.77
Poles 197 1.80
other 16 0.15
Total 10922 100
Religious composition 1897
Religion 1897[3]
amount %
Protestants[b] 7862 72.0
Eastern Orthodox 2403 22.0
Orthodox Old Believers 53 0.49
Roman Catholic 222 2.03
Jewish[c] 380 3.48
Muslims 1 0.001
Other Christian denominations[d] 1 0.001
Other non-Christian denominations 0 0
Total 10922 100
  1. ^ Including Ukrainians and Belarusians
  2. ^ Excluding Anglicans
  3. ^ Including Karaites
  4. ^ Including Anglicans

See also

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References

[edit]
  1. ^ "History". Visit Valga Valka. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Valga. Valka" (PDF). visitvalgavalka.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b ПЕРВАЯ ВСЕОБЩАЯ ПЕРЕПИСЬ НАСЕЛЕНІЯ. РОССІЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРІИ 1897 г. XXІ. ЛИФЛЯНДСКАЯ ГУБЕРНІЯ [First General Population Census. Russian Empire, year 1897. XXI. Livonian Governorate.] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Empire. 1905. pp. 2–3 (28).

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