# Auce > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Auce > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Auce.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auce > Source revision: 1336899581 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Town in Dobele Municipality, Latvia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Auce | other_name = Vecauce | settlement_type = Town | image_shield = Auce COA.svg | shield_size = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_skyline = Auce, Raiņa iela (P96, P104).jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Auce | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Latvia}} | subdivision_type1 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Latvia) | subdivision_name1 = [Dobele Municipality](/source/Dobele_Municipality) | established_title = [Town rights](/source/Town_rights) | established_date = 1924 | pushpin_map = Latvia | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Latvia | coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | nickname = | leader_title = [Mayor](/source/Mayor) | leader_name = Vija Keršus | blank_name_sec1 = Number of city council members | blank_info_sec1 = 8 | area_total_km2 = {{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q16868672}} | area_footnotes = {{Wikidata|reference|best||P2046|P518=Q16868672}} | area_water_km2 = {{#expr:{{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q16868672}}-{{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q11081619}}}} | area_land_km2 = {{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q11081619}} | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = {{#invoke:WikidataIB|formatDate|{{Wikidata|qualifier|best|raw||P1082|P585}}|df=y}} | population_total = {{Wikidata|property|qualifier|best||P1082}} | population_footnotes = {{Wikidata|references|best||P1082}} | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_metro_km2 = | postal_code_type = [Postal code](/source/Postal_code) | postal_code = LV-3708 | area_code_type = [Calling code](/source/Telephone_numbering_plan) | area_code = +371 637 | timezone1 = [EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time) | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = [EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | website = {{URL|http://www.auce.lv}} }} '''Auce''' ({{audio|Lv-Auce.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{langx|lt|Aukė, Aucė}}; {{langx|de|Alt-Autz}}, previously also '''Vecauce''') is a town in [Dobele Municipality](/source/Dobele_Municipality), in the [Semigallia](/source/Semigallia) region of [Latvia](/source/Latvia). It is situated near the [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania)n border. == History == Before the 13th century, the territory of Auce was a part of a [Semigallian](/source/Semigallians) Spārnene county. After the partition of Semigallia in 1254, the territory was granted to the [Archbishopric of Riga](/source/Archbishopric_of_Riga). Auce is first mentioned in written sources in 1426 as Owcze. In 1616, the Old Auce ({{langx|de|Alt-Autz}}) manor is mentioned for the first time when there was a regional assembly that was held ([landtag](/source/landtag)) of the [Duchy of Courland](/source/Duchy_of_Courland). In 1667, the first [Lutheran](/source/Lutherans) church was erected in Auce. From 1768 until [the Latvian agrarian reforms in the 1920s](/source/Latvian_Land_Reform_of_1920), the Old Auce manor was property of the [Baltic German](/source/Baltic_Germans) von [Medem](/source/Medem_(surname)) family. Auce village started rapid development after the construction of the [Jelgava-Mažeikiai railway](/source/Jelgava-Ma%C5%BEeikiai_railway) in 1889. During [World War I](/source/World_War_I), Auce was occupied by the [Imperial German army](/source/Imperial_German_army). The Germans established the [Auce Airfield](/source/Auce_Airfield) nearby, consisting of an aviation school hosting the Artillerie-Fliegerschule Ost I. After the [Latvian War of Independence](/source/Latvian_War_of_Independence), Auce became part of the Republic of Latvia. In 1920, the Old Auce manor was nationalised, and it became property of the [University of Latvia](/source/University_of_Latvia) for use as a teaching farm for students of [agriculture](/source/agriculture). In 1924, Auce received its town rights. Auce was the centre of the [Auce municipality](/source/Auce_municipality) up until 2021, when it was merged with the [Dobele municipality](/source/Dobele_municipality). File:WWII cemetery in Auce.jpg|Cemetery of German soldiers killed during World War II in Auce. == Notable people == * [Signe Baumane](/source/Signe_Baumane) (born 1964), animator, fine artist, illustrator and writer * [Ramona Petraviča](/source/Ramona_Petravi%C4%8Da) (born 1967), politician * [Aivars Polis](/source/Aivars_Polis) (born 1972), luger * [Ingus Bankevics](/source/Ingus_Bankevics) (born 1985), basketball player ==See also== *[List of cities in Latvia](/source/List_of_cities_in_Latvia) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Dobele Municipality}} {{Latvian regional cities}} {{Authority control}} Category:Cities and towns in Semigallia Category:1426 establishments in Europe Category:Populated places in Dobele Municipality {{Zemgale-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Auce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auce) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auce?action=history)). 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