Monument to Garlieb Merkel (Lēdurga)

Monument to Garlieb Merkel near the Ledurgs Lutheran Church. Author Kārlis Baumanis.

Garlieb Helwig Merkel (1 November [O.S. 21 October] 1769 in Lēdurga, Volmar County – 9 May [O.S. 27 April] 1850 in Riga) was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.
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