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Etymology

I am unsure about the etymology section. The only reference to "Mitte in der Aue" I have found in German or in English is from 1911 Britannica, http://69.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MI/MITAU.htm. The "to change" words come from http://www.balticsonline.lv/?DocID=1541.

Historical information was mostly taken from http://www.tournet.lv/page.php?id=1500. Olessi 01:34, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Obsolete?

Jelgava is surrounded by a canal known as Jacob's Channel ... Jelgava has regular, broad streets lined with the mansions of the Baltic German nobility who resided at the capital of Courland

Is present tense appropriate here? I think neither the canal nor the mansions have survived WWII. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Beil (talk • contribs) 22:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Name origins

The only ref I can find describes the city's name as meaning "city on the river" so I've added that. In cases like this, however, more than one translation is usually possible so others could be added but refs for them would help. Valenciano (talk) 21:59, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Juulgava

What is Juulgava? Which language? No references, even impossible to find in google. I should remove it. Dukurs (talk) 07:57, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Photo of "Jelgava 1935"

This photo of a postcard labelled "Jelgava 1935" is most likely pre-1917 by the inscription on the card itself. "von ostlichen kriegshauplatz Mitau totalansicht" (On the Eastern Front, Mitau, panorama). The name "Mitau" suggests the view is pre-1917 as per the article describing the name "Jelgava" being adopted after 1917. The "eastern front" also suggests the photo was taken during WWI or possibly WWII during German occupation. Either way 1935 seems unlikely. 24.207.65.220 (talk) 00:41, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]