Vijciems (estate)

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Vijciems (German: Wiezemhof) was an estate in northern Latvia, located in, and the namesake of, Vijciems parish. Most of the estate buildings were built in the 19th century. The original manor house was destroyed during the 1905 Revolution. A school currently occupies the old manor house territory. Many of the subsidiary peasant farms still survive. Vijciems was also the location of the first forestry school in the Baltics, established in 1898.

The surnames found in the 1826 revision list for Vijciems, written as they appear in the document:

The 1826 revision list is one of the earliest sources for the surnames of Vijciems.