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GOLDINGEN (Lettish, Kuldiga)
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GOLDINGEN (Lettish, Kuldiga), a town of Russia, in the government of Courland, 55 M. by rail N.E. of Libau, and on Windau river, in 56° 58' N. and 22° E. Pop. (1897) 9733• It has woollen mills, needle and match factories, breweries and distilleries, a college for teachers, and ruins of a castle of the Teutonic Knights, built in 1248 and used in the 17th century as the residence of the dukes of Courland.