Limbaži Debates Future of Ķezberkalns Hillfort and Its Soviet-Era Graves
At its September meeting, a Limbaži municipal committee discussed the future of the Ķezberkalns hillfort, after the local government received three submissions. A society and a cultural-space group urge tidying up the site and reviewing the fate of the graves there.
A committee of the Limbaži municipality, responsible for territorial development, discussed the future of the Ķezberkalns hillfort at its September meeting. The issue reached the agenda because the local government had received three submissions about the site.
Ķezberkalns is located in Limbaži, on the shore of Lake Dzirnezers, close to the hospital and the morgue. Soldiers killed in the Second World War are buried there. According to the source, the graves and the monument were created during the Soviet occupation period.
What the submitters ask
The society Metsepoles Līvu kultūras centrs (Metsepole Livonian Cultural Centre) asks the municipality in its submission to remove the graves and the monument created during the Soviet occupation. The society wants to return the hillfort to residents and turn it into a venue for cultural and educational activities.
A letter from Vidzemes lībiskā kultūrtelpa (the Livonian cultural space of Vidzeme) calls for a review of Ķezberkalns's historical, archaeological and legal status and its significance. The letter also raises the question of putting the hillfort in order in a purposeful way. In addition, it proposes a legal and practical assessment of reburying the Soviet soldiers.
What is known about next steps
The source text does not describe the third submission, and it does not say whether the committee took any decision. It also does not indicate what further steps are planned. All that is clear at this point is that three proposals have been submitted to the municipality and that the matter has been discussed at a committee meeting.
