Bāžciems is a residential area and neighbourhood of the city Jūrmala, Latvia.

The Bāžciems or Bāžnieki (German: Bahseneck), belonging to the Duke of Courland, Sloka manor, formed the boundary of the Slokas town, marked by the Vecslocenes River with mills.

During the Polish-Swedish War in 1605-1608 Swedes erected fortifications here.

In the period of Kurzeme's economic prosperity, the Duke Jacob Kettler wanted to create a rival export port in Riga at Sloka, where glass factories and copper smelting were established.

He ordered the construction of a canal linking the Slokas port to the Lielupe with the Baltic Sea through the present River Vecslocene and the Slokas lake .