Priekule (pronunciationⓘ; German: Preekuln) is a town in the South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.

[3] Priekule is first mentioned as a fortified manor in 1483.

It only began to grow as a town after 1871 when the Liepāja–Vilnius Railway was built through Priekule.

[4] It was granted town rights in 1928 by the Latvian government.

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