Walk was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia.[1] After 1419 it was the seat of the Landtag of the Livonian Confederation.[2]
Demographics
Ethnic composition 1897
| Ethnicity
|
1897[3]
|
| amount
|
%
|
| Latvians
|
4453
|
40.8
|
| Estonians
|
3594
|
32.9
|
| Russians[4]
|
1214
|
11.1
|
| Germans
|
1145
|
10.5
|
| Jews
|
303
|
2.77
|
| Poles
|
197
|
1.80
|
| other
|
16
|
0.15
|
| Total
|
10922
|
100
|
Religious composition 1897
| Religion
|
1897[3]
|
| amount
|
%
|
| Protestants[5]
|
7862
|
72.0
|
| Eastern Orthodox
|
2403
|
22.0
|
| Orthodox Old Believers
|
53
|
0.49
|
| Roman Catholic
|
222
|
2.03
|
| Jewish[6]
|
380
|
3.48
|
| Muslims
|
1
|
0.001
|
| Other Christian denominations[7]
|
1
|
0.001
|
| Other non-Christian denominations
|
0
|
0
|
| Total
|
10922
|
100
|
See also
- List of German exonyms for places in Estonia
- List of German exonyms for places in Latvia
References
Bibliography
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