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Ogre (; (ドイツ語:Oger)) (population 26,573 in 2000 census) is the principal town of Ogre District in Central Latvia, east of the capital Riga, situated at the confluence of the Daugava and Ogre rivers. It has been a town since 1928. Ogre is composed of three parts: Jaunogre (meaning "New Ogre"), Ogre (the centre of the town), and Pārogre (meaning "Ogre across (river )" though not all of the named region is across the river). The name of Ogre comes from the Ogre river. The Ogre village was first mentioned in 1206, called Oger in German. In 1861, when a railway Riga–Daugavpils was built, Riga's residents started to build summer-cottages here. In 1862 Ogre became a health resort. The Town's Coat of arms was granted in 1938 and shows the beautiful river and pinewoods of Ogre. There is a cultural centre, an art school and a music school in Ogre. It has 3 Latvian language schools, and 1 Russian language school - Jaunogres vidusskola. The town also has a cemetery with the remains of German soldiers who died during the First and Second World Wars, or died in captivity between 1944 and 1951. == Etymology == There are two main versions of the etymology of Ogre name. The first states that the name of the river from which this town derives its name is of Russian origin (''угри'' (), meaning eels) because there used to be a lot of eels in the river Ogre. Whereas Estonian linguist Paul Alvre takes into consideration an older form of Ogre river name (''Wogene, Woga'') first found in Livonian Chronicle of Henry (1180—1227), and argues that it cognates with Estonian word ''voog'' (with possible meanings: ''stream, flow, waves''), therefore showing connection with Finno-Ugric languages, most probably early Livonian language. There is a popular folk legend that Catherine the Great of Russia was the one who gave the river this name because there where a lot of eels in the river,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.diena.lv/arhivs/ogre-pilseta-uz-sliedem-10821626 )〕 however it lacks any evidence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ogre, Latvia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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