Tērvete

Terwenden, German: Hofzumberge) is a village in Tērvete Parish, Dobele Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia.

It is famous for the historic hillfort built for the kings of Western Semigallia (Zemgale) in the Middle Ages.

[1][2] According to popular legend the Semigallian king Nameisis made a ring called the "namejs" so he could be identified by his family.

In 1335, the wooden castle Hof zum Berg Kalnamuiža was built by the Order of Livonia near to the site of the former Semigallian fortifications, destroyed by the Lithuanian forces in 1345.

It appears on American Department of Defense Operational Navigation Charts from the 1980s, it was an even field suitable for plane landing/takeoff in case of eventual war.

Hillfort of Semigallian dukes Viestards and Nameisis (13th century)