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The history of 34 R\u012bgas Street dates back to the second half of the 18th century. 1773. In 1910, the butcher and butcher Michael Heijn bought a plot of land from the Varkal master Johann Friedrich Meisel and built a stone dwelling house on it. It is interesting to note that the house has been connected with the meat trade from the very beginning, and this tradition continued for centuries.
\nIn 1816, according to the decision of the magistrate of Cesis, the property was inherited by Heijns’ daughter, Sophie Kathrin, who was married to the carpenter and butcher Peter Ernest Wapp. In the following years, the property continued to change hands until, in 1829, the house and the garden outside Katrin’s Gate were purchased for 850 silver roubles by the butcher and carpenter Karl Friedrich Stelz.
\nIn the second half of the 1817 century, the house changed hands several times. In the 1870s-1880s, the owner of the plot was Theodor Gangus. After his death, interesting changes in the structure of the property began. 1886. In 1910 the property was divided between the widow Anna Gangus, n\u00e9e Freya, and the widow Ekaterina Freya Gangus, n\u00e9e Lutz. Anna Gangusa received the stone house with the land belonging to it. <\/p>\n

Anna Gangusa was apparently a shrewd and thrifty person, because in 1896 she separated a small plot of land from her property and sold it to a merchant, David J\u0113kabs’ son B\u0113rzi\u0146\u0161, who added it to his neighbouring property at 32 R\u012bgas iela.This transaction was connected with the landlady’s financial difficulties – in 1886 she had borrowed 9000 roubles from the Cesis Savings and Loan Fund, and the sale of the plot helped to repay the loan. However, her financial manipulations did not end there, because in 1899 she borrowed another 4000 roubles from the Vidzeme Town Mortgage Society. <\/p>\n

Interestingly, Anna was also obliged to pay 1 rouble annually to the Lutheran pastor of the town, according to an entry in the mortgage book of the magistrate of Cesis on 24 January 1855. Such payments are a testimony to the traditions of the time and the role of the church in the administration of the town. <\/p>\n

The building has not lost its significance in the early 20th century. As in other buildings, the space was rented out for shops and apartments. Butcher’s shops and sausage shops have a particularly vivid history in the building. 20. At the beginning of the century, the gate annex housed J. C\u0113dera’s meat and sausage shop. 1927. L\u012bkums opened its wing here in 2007.<\/p>\n

The police, in the presence of a veterinary surgeon and a representative of the town council, carried out a health check and found two half-headed pigs that had died. Soon after this incident, in December of the same year, E. V\u012bgants opened a \u201cmeat and sausage shop\u201d here. And just like today, there were sales, during which 1 pound (400 grams) of \u201cfirst-quality rendered pig fat\u201d could be bought for 80 santims (40 Latvian roubles).
\nIn January 1932, a landlord placed an advertisement in the newspaper that a pigsty was for rent at 34 R\u012bgas Street. In February, the firm \u201cB\u0113rzi\u0146\u0161\u201d opened a meat and sausage shop. In his shed, as the autumn season began, beef prices dropped: \u201cfirst-quality soup meat from 10 santims (400 grams), shirogale from 24 santims, fresh beer sausages for 20 santims\u201d. At the same time, Voldem\u0101rs B\u0113rzi\u0146\u0161 of 34 R\u012bgas Street was found to be selling unfit sausages, for which he was prosecuted. <\/p>\n

The building was used not only by butchers, but also by other professions. 1930. At the beginning of the 1990s, there was also a shoe workshop at 34 R\u012bgas Street, owned by Mrs M. Anderson. When it was moved to 10 R\u012bgas iela, the workshop was rented by the watchmaker K. Andersons. The building also housed a \u201cgentlemen’s and ladies\u201d hairdressing salon \u201c. A ladies\u201d haircut cost 80 santims, \u201chot eyebrow colouring – 80 santims, manicure – 50 santims\u201d. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the life of the house ended in September 1944 as a result of an air raid by the Bolshevik army. Several attempts have been made to restore the building, including the construction of a Hesburger restaurant, but this has not been successful due to the architectural requirements of the city to restore the building to its original appearance. <\/p>\n

The materials used for the description are:
\n<\/em>Dace Cepur\u012bte, Mg. hist., Research \u201cA C\u0113sis Native and His House<\/a>\u201d
\nCollections of the Cesis Castle Museum.
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The house has been involved in the meat trade from the very beginning, and this tradition continued for centuries, despite the fact that various irregularities were often found in the produce of the traders.
\nIn 1903, an easement was established over the property in favour of the building at 32 R\u012bgas iela, as the end walls of the two houses shared a saddle roof – an interesting solution that shows how architectural and practical issues were dealt with in urban planning at the time. <\/p>\n

There was also an amusing incident – a lady had forgotten her velvet hat at the hairdresser’s at 34 R\u012bgas iela, and could get it back by paying for an advertisement in the newspaper. The equivalent of the \u201clost property office\u201d of the time! <\/p>\n

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  • 1773: Michael Heijns, a carpenter and butcher, bought a plot of land from Johann Friedrich Meisel, a master craftsman, and built a stone dwelling house<\/li>\n
  • 1816: The property was inherited by Heijn’s daughter, Sophie Kathrin, wife of the butcher and butcher Peter Ernest Wap<\/li>\n
  • 1829: The house and garden outside the Katrina Gate were bought for 850 silver roubles by the butcher and carpenter K\u0101rlis Fridrihs Stelz<\/li>\n
  • 19th century. 1970s-1980s. <\/li>\n
  • 1886: After the death of Theodor Gangus, the property is divided between his widow Anna Gangus and his widow Ekaterina Frey Gangus<\/li>\n
  • 1896: Anna Ganguss carved out a small plot of land and sold it to the merchant David Berzins<\/li>\n
  • 1903: The property has an easement in favour of the building at 32 R\u012bgas Street<\/li>\n
  • 1916: During the First World War, on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front, the property of Anna Gangus is placed under sequestration<\/li>\n
  • Early 20th century: J. C\u0113ders’ meat and sausage shop was located in the gate addition.<\/li>\n
  • 1927: the tiger trapper L\u012bkums opened his shop in the building<\/li>\n
  • 1927 December: the \u201cMeat and Sausage Shop\u201d is opened by E. V\u012bgants<\/li>\n
  • 1932 January: the landlord put an ad in the paper for a shed for rent<\/li>\n
  • 1932 February: the meat and sausage shop is opened by the firm \u201cB\u0113rzi\u0146\u0161\u201d<\/li>\n
  • 1933: J. J\u00e4geris rented the premises for a meat and sausage shop<\/li>\n
  • 1935 January: owner of a meat shop J\u0113kabs J\u0113geris fined LVL 50 for selling unfit sausages<\/li>\n
  • 1936: Karl\u012bna J\u0113geris fined LVL 20 for selling unfit sausages<\/li>\n
  • 20th century. 30. Early 1990s: the building was the shoe workshop of Mrs M. Anderson<\/li>\n
  • 20th century. 30. years: the workshop was rented by watchmaker K. Andersons<\/li>\n
  • 1937: The house was the home of M. Bl\u016bms’ hairdressing salon, where Alise Zari\u0146a worked<\/li>\n
  • 20th century. 30. years: on the second floor of the Artillery Instructor Battery, tailor Stankevich opened a special uniform workshop<\/li>\n
  • In September 1944, an air raid destroys the house<\/li>\n
  • Today: the plot belongs to the Hesburger<\/em> brand holders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1634,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[204,206,221],"product_tag":[319,317,318],"class_list":{"0":"post-1991","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cesis-house","7":"product_cat-residential-buildings","8":"product_cat-shops","9":"product_tag-hairdresser","10":"product_tag-shop","11":"product_tag-the-heron","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}