[1][3] In Skrīveri there is a Municipal council, Andrejs Upītis Skrīveri Secondary School, music and art school, kindergarten "Sprīdītis", post office, Catholic church, culture house, library, Andrejs Upīts memorial museum.

The settlement is located on the land of the former Römerhof estate, which Gotthard Kettler had given a certain Stephan Römer.

[citation needed] When the Römershof train station was opened in 1882 village Skrīveri began to develop.

Since 1892 at the latest, the estate has belonged to the Livonian dendrologist Maximilian (Max) von Sivers [lv] (1857–1919),[7] who together with the garden architect Walter von Engelhardt founded a tree nursery and an Arboretum.

In 1956, Skriveri Food Factory was founded, which started producing the favorite candy "Gotiņa".