A monument dedicated to the ornamentation of students of the Cēsis Regiment at the former Livu Parish House
The company of volunteers of the Cēsis Regiment took part in the battles of Cēsis in 1919, which was formed as a battle unit of 108 young people of Valmiera and Cēsis schools on June 5 in the premises of Cēsis Progymnasium. Already on the night of June 5 to 6, an hour after midnight, there was anxiety and the ornament was ordered to go into positions. Rota went on the line Mācītājsmuiža - Meijermuiža, which was considered to be the most important battlefield.
In the first battle, several students were injured, but Edgars Krieviņš from Valmiera died from a very serious abdominal injury on the same day. On June 13, he was buried in a military honor at the Valmiera City Cemetery. After his death, Edgars Krieviņš was awarded the Lāčplēsis War Order.
In 1929, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis, the former school soldiers founded the "Cēsis Regiment Former Volunteer School Soldiers' Association", which in the following years took care of preserving and promoting the memory of this military unit among school youth.
Already in 1930, a monument was erected on the side of the Cēsis-Āraiši highway near the Livu parish, marking the first battle site of the company. The author of the project was the former soldier of the ornament, architect Kārlis Dzirkalis (1902 - 1997), but the author of the bronze relief was the sculptor Matīss Pluka (1893-?)
K.Dzirkalis. Ideological explanation of the memorial stone near the Livu parish house.
"First of all, the three adjacent limestones resemble a rank of soldiers, ie standing, ranked images of soldiers. The soldiers also agreed on the greatest direct merits in the liberation of Latvia.
Secondly, these stones express the cornerstones and cornerstones of our country's victory, on which our victory was based at that time. They are -1.- the vigor and spear sharpness of the soldiers, 2.- the tense spirit of obedience and enthusiasm, and 3.- the broad love of the father's land.
Thirdly, the memorial stone indicates the formation and formation of the idea of our country. Akmens 1.- would express the birth and awakening of national consciousness, when the thoughts and works of Latvians had to be sharp to prove their life abilities (Kr. Valdemārs, Rainis, etc.). Stone 2. points in a way to the narrowing of the nation during the war and refugees, misery and worries. The third stone represents the current young generation, on whose shoulders freedom was fought with arms. The latter is therefore stable and firm. It will also mark the beginning of the great and last battle that took place in the form of a plaque. As you know, the first signal and shot took place at the Livu parish house, where the battle between the school orchestra and the Manteife riding department began. ” (LVVA 1967fonds, Apr. 1, Case 17, p. 8)
Source:
The sun of the sword lens. Collection of memories and documents about the Cēsis Regiment Students' Jewelry in 1919. Sast. Tālis Pumpuriņš. - Cēsis, Cēsis Museums Association, 1994.
On the demolition and restoration of the monument - J.Lismans' book "In memory of the battles and fallen soldiers 1915–1920"
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Monument to the students' ornaments at the battlefield
On the side of the Cēsis-Āraiši highway, near the former Livu parish.
A monument dedicated to the ornament of volunteers of the Cēsis Regiment, who took part in the battles of Cēsis in 1919, can be seen.
The monument was unveiled on May 29, 1930 near the former Livu parish.
The project of the monument was developed by the former volunteer of the school ornament K.Dzirkalis, the installation works were performed by A.Sproģis firm in Cēsis.
Bronze details according to the author's drawing were created by M.Pluka, they were cast at V.Minūta's factory in Riga. After World War II, the monument was destroyed.
Restored on June 6, 1989, the authors of the restored monument are sculptors A. Jansons and M. Balttiņa, architect I. Timermanis.
Later, the bronze sword and plate were removed for safety reasons and replaced with wooden parts.
Monument for students of the Cēsis Regiment
The monument to the soldiers of the Cēsis Regiment Students’ Company who died in the Battles of Cēsis is located in the city of Cēsis, near the intersection of Palasta and Bērzaines streets. The construction of the monument was proposed by the Soldiers’ Association of the Cēsis Regiment Students’ Company. The monument was unveiled on 26 May 1938. The monument is based on the idea sketched by artist Jānis Rozenbergs, a former soldier of the company. Placed on a metre-high limestone pedestal, the 1.8-metre copper sculpture of a soldier dressed in a school student’s uniform was created by sculptor Rūdolfs Āboltiņš and coppersmith Jānis Zibens. An owl, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge, lies at the soldier’s feet, squatting on and protecting the books of a student who went to war. The sculpture was demolished during the Soviet re-occupation in 1952. A monument named the Komsomol Flag Bearer by sculptor Kārlis Jansons was erected near its former location in 1957. Placed near its historic site, the restored monument was unveiled on 11 November 1992. At the same time, in 1992, a monument to the Komsomol, which had been erected by the occupation regime, was taken down.
Cemetery of Latvian riflemen killed in the First World War and brothers of soldiers killed in the War of Independence
Located in Valmiera City (Center) Cemetery, Lillijas Street 7.
A granite obelisk can be seen, the details of which are forged by the sculptor Wilhelm Trey.
The monument was unveiled on June 22, 1923. About 150 soldiers are buried in the brothers' cemetery.
Several fighters of the First World War and the War of Independence were buried outside the Brothers' Cemetery, including the first dead of the Cēsis Regiment School Company, LKOK Edgars Krieviņš.
At present, there are 14 sets of graves of different lengths in the brothers' cemetery, on which 139 white wooden crosses have been erected, but there are no more plaques with the names of the fallen on the crosses. One black granite cross has survived.
During the communist occupation, intensive civil burials were made in the cemetery of the brothers. After the restoration of independence in 1994, the plan of burials in the brothers' cemetery was changed, and the cemetery clusters are now established crosswise, only one of which has retained its former orientation.
Memorial sign at the founding site of the Cēsis Regiment School Company
Located at Leona Paegles Street 1, next to the red brick facade.
The author of the memorial is the artist Solveiga Vasiljeva, and the idea is based on a flower bud motif. According to the artist, it symbolizes the newly formed personalities - students who have to make an important, responsible and harsh decision in their still short life.
In the form of a memorial, the outer petals of the flower bud are made of geometric, sharp corners, in contrast to the gentle, rounded inside of the bud. The height of the memorial is up to 1.5 m. The memorial was unveiled on May 26, 2011 in Valmiera, the place where the orchestra of the Cēsis Regiment was formed in 1919.
The contours of Latvia are made of artificial cobblestones, on which a plate with the flag and text of the Cēsis Regiment Students' Association is placed:
"At this place on May 26, 1919
Cēsis Regiment Student Company was founded "
Cesis Brothers Cemetery
Located in Cēsis Lejas Cemetery, Lenču Street 15, Cēsis.
One of the most important memorial sites of the First World War and the War of Independence in Cēsis is the Brothers' Cemetery in the Lower Cemetery.
The cemetery is the monument of the Brethren's Cemetery, built in 1927 by the artist and thinker of Cēsis Augustus Julla (1872-1958), dedicated to the soldiers buried in the Brothers' Cemetery from 1915 to 1920.
About 200 soldiers are buried in the Brothers Cemetery of Cēsis Lower Cemetery. Among them, an unknown number of Latvian riflemen and Russian soldiers killed in the First World War, as well as soldiers of German (10), Polish and other nationalities. During the Latvian Liberation War, 22 fallen soldiers of the 5th (2nd) Cēsis Infantry Regiment, as well as 11 freedom fighters who fell in other Latvian army units, were buried in these cemeteries. 2 Estonians, 15 victims of Bolsheviks and also Latvian Red Riflemen are buried in the Brothers' Cemetery.
