Skaistkalne (formerly Šēnberga, German: Schönberg, Yiddish: שימבורג, romanized: Shimberg) is a village in Skaistkalne Parish, Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia.

In that year Master of the Livonian Order Johann Freytag von Loringhoven granted lands between rivers Mēmele and Iecava to Herman Schönberg.

Since 1660, the oldest wooden church was serviced by the Jesuit Order, which established a permanent mission in 1666 and a monastery in 1677.

In 1692 the new Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Skaistkalne and a Monastery were built here in the Italian Baroque style.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were about 500 inhabitants in Skaistkalne (Schenberg), mainly Jews engaged in trade and crafts.