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Gl\u016bda Sub-Manor: The White Clay Treasure in the C\u0113sis Hills<\/p>\n

In the northwestern part of C\u0113sis, in an area locals call Gl\u016bda Hill, once stood Gl\u016bda Sub-Manor \u2013 a small but historically significant place. It became special due to a unique natural resource \u2013 white clay, used in sculpture and cosmetics production. This rare material was so valuable that it became state property, and its extraction was prohibited. <\/p>\n

The name Gl\u016bda appears relatively late on historical maps. In Johann Heinrich Kelch’s 1688 C\u0113sis land survey map, Gl\u016bda is not yet marked as a separate economic unit. It only appears in official documents in the mid-18th century. A small river, which over time had several names \u2013 Gl\u016bda River, Vinterup\u012bte, and Mellupe \u2013 meandered through the manor territory. <\/p>\n

The history of Gl\u016bda Sub-Manor is closely linked to the Sivers family (not to be confused with the Z\u012bverss family, owners of C\u0113sis Castle Manor) \u2013 one of Vidzeme’s most prominent patrician families. K\u0101rlis Fr\u012bdrihs von Sivers, C\u0113sis city burgomaster (1760\u20131767), acquired both Gl\u016bda and the nearby Dukuri Manor, forming a strategic property connection and strengthening his influence.<\/x>In 19th-century manor revisions, Gl\u016bda is mentioned as a small farm inhabited by 6\u201310 Latvian peasant families. Unlike many other manors, Gl\u016bda did not have individual peasant house names. Local residents \u2013 the Liepi\u0146i, Kirpji, Ra\u0161i, V\u0113r\u012bti, Mises, and Praudes families \u2013 maintained the manor’s economy and provided support to C\u0113sis Castle Manor. Gl\u016bda functioned as an auxiliary farm within a larger system. <\/p>\n

After the 1920 agrarian reform, Countess Leonie von Sivers, widow of Count Emanuel von Sivers, was granted a small residential house with ten hectares of land and part of an orchard. This modest property could not replace the former manorial grandeur. Leonie’s subsequent life paths are shrouded in mystery \u2013 there are stories that even during World War II, as an elderly woman, she received treatment in Latvian psychoneurological institutions. <\/p>\n

After World War II, the Gl\u016bda Manor building was converted into a home for invalids, which was later transformed into a nursing home for the elderly. This social care institution operated until 1994. Today, only memories remain of the sub-manor’s former glory \u2013 in 1972, the new C\u0113sis Hospital was built on Gl\u016bda’s lands, literally dividing Gl\u016bda Street into two parts. The section of the street behind the hospital remains only as a small path \u2013 a modest but heartfelt reminder of a place where the Sivers once resided and where C\u0113sis’s white “golden sands” lay hidden. <\/p>\n

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The Gl\u016bda Sub-Manor territory contained a unique material \u2013 white clay. It was so valuable that its extraction was prohibited during Latvia’s first independence, becoming state property.<\/p>\n

Today, little remains of Gl\u016bda Sub-Manor’s former status. In 1972, the new C\u0113sis Hospital was built on its lands, literally dividing Gl\u016bda Street (the manor road) into two parts.<\/p>\n

Facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Mid-18th century: Gl\u016bda Sub-Manor first appears on official maps. <\/li>\n
  • 1760-1767: C\u0113sis burgomaster K\u0101rlis Fr\u012bdrihs von Sivers acquires Gl\u016bda and Dukuri manors.<\/li>\n
  • 19th century: Manor revisions list 6-10 Latvian peasant families inhabiting and maintaining the manor.<\/li>\n
  • 1920: After the agrarian reform, Countess Leonie von Sivers, widow of Emanuel von Sivers, is granted a small residential house in Gl\u016bda Sub-Manor with ten hectares of land.<\/li>\n
  • 1945: After World War II, the manor building is converted into a home for invalids.<\/li>\n
  • 1960: During sewage construction, the section of Gl\u016bda Street between Liepu and Eg\u013cu streets is straightened.<\/li>\n
  • 1972: The foundation stone for the new C\u0113sis Hospital is laid on the lands of Gl\u016bda Manor.<\/li>\n
  • 1975: The new C\u0113sis Hospital opens, dividing Gl\u016bda Street into two parts.<\/li>\n
  • 1994: The nursing home for the elderly in the former manor building ceases operation.<\/li>\n
  • Today: residential building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":449,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[204,312],"product_tag":[243],"class_list":{"0":"post-2297","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cesis-house","7":"product_cat-manor","8":"product_tag-manor","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2297","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\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=2297"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2297"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}