Sabile

{{Short description|Town in Talsi Municipality, Latvia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Sabile | other_name = | settlement_type = Town | image_shield = Sabile COA.svg | shield_size = | image_flag = Flag of Sabile.png | flag_size = 150px | image_skyline = SabilenoVinakalna.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Latvia}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = Talsi Municipality | established_title = Town rights | established_date = 1917 | pushpin_map = Latvia | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Latvia | coordinates = {{coord|57|03|N|22|35|E|region:LV_type:city|display=inline,title}} | nickname = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Zigmunds Brunavs | blank_name_sec1 = Number of city council members | blank_info_sec1 = 9 | 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_total = {{wikidata|property|qualifier|best||P1082}} | population_footnotes = {{wikidata|references|best||P1082}} | population_as_of = {{#invoke:WikidataIB|formatDate|{{wikidata|qualifier|best|raw||P1082|P585}}|df=y}} | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_metro_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = LV-3294 | area_code_type = Calling code | area_code = +371 632 | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | official_name = }}

'''Sabile''' ({{audio|Lv-Sabile.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{langx|de|Zabeln}}) is a town in Talsi Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia.

Sabile was first mentioned in chronicles in 1253. From the 14th century to the 16th century, it was a site of a castle of the Livonian Order and a village near the castle. Sabile became a town in 1917.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sabile and Abava Rural Territory|url=http://www.sabile.lv/information-in-english/sabile-and-abava-rural-territory/|website=Sabile un Agavas pagasts|publisher=Sabiles pilsēta un Abavas pagasts|access-date=28 December 2015|date=2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217213959/http://www.sabile.lv/information-in-english/sabile-and-abava-rural-territory/|archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> The {{Interlanguage link|Sabile Wine hill|lv|Sabiles Vīna kalns}} used to be the most northern open-air vineyard in the world, registered in the Guinness Book of Records.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Peter|last2=Dunkley McCarthy|first2=Michelle|last3=Young|first3=Mark|title=The Guinness Book of Records|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofsp00youn|url-access=registration|date=1994|publisher=Facts on File|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofsp00youn/page/52 52]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Birziņš|first=Uldis|title=Winemaking in Latvia - challenging but not impossible|url=http://www.lsm.lv/en/article/societ/society/winemaking-in-latvia-challenging-but-not-impossible.a139152/|publisher=Public Broadcasting of Latvia|access-date=4 January 2017|date=27 July 2015}}</ref> The winemaking tradition in Sabile dates back to the 16th century. For the first time, wine production was created here in 14th century during Livonia, and the hill was completely restored in 1936 by the mayor Osvalds Rezebergs. The Sabile Castle Mound, which was the center of the district from the 10th century to the 13th century, overlooks Sabile and the valley of the Abava River. <gallery> File:SabileBaznica.JPG|Sabile Lutheran church File:Sabile weinberg.jpg|Sabile wineyard File:SabileTalsuiela.JPG|Talsu street in Sabile File:Sabiles sinagoga 2005 06.jpg|Former synagogue in Sabile. Today ''Centre of contemporary art'' </gallery>

== Notable people ==

* Alberts Šeibelis (1906–1972), footballer * Ainars Zvirgzdiņš (born 1959), basketball coach * Markus Riva (born 1986), singer * Dzintars Čīča (born 1993), singer

==See also== *List of cities in Latvia

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Cities and towns in Courland Category:1917 establishments in Latvia Category:Populated places established in 1917 Category:Populated places in Talsi Municipality Category:Latvian wine