JAUNOGRE SANATORIUM

The Ogre History and Art Museum’s permanent exhibition “Pietura Ogre” introduces the history of Ogre’s sanatoriums. However, visitors can also explore and view these historical sanatoriums within the urban landscape.

Ogre has three buildings that once served as sanatoriums. They are located in the central part of Ogre, Jaunogre, and Pārogre. They are about a half-hour walk or a 10-15 minute slow bicycle ride apart. Each sanatorium is unique and interesting, but what do they reveal about the past in general? Why were sanatoriums needed at all? And why were there as many as three sanatoriums in the interwar period, when Ogre had a population of only about one and a half thousand inhabitants?

We invite you to explore the history of the Jaunogre sanatorium through images and a concise description.

“OGRE KANGARI” HIKING TRAIL

We invite you to explore the hiking trail to better discover the hills of Ogre. View the photo gallery and read the story on the museum's website or Facebook page. By looking at historical images, you can compare how the city has changed over time. We have marked the route in the "BalticMaps" map browser. The “GPX” file is convenient to use with the LVM GEO mobile app. The total length of the hiking trail marked on the map is 14 kilometers (7 kilometers in Pārogre and 7 kilometers in Ogre center and Jaunogre). The hiking trail winds through both the urban part of the city (with asphalt, cobblestone, and gravel surfaces) and green areas (park paths and pedestrian-trodden forest trails without special amenities).

Everyone is also invited to complete a task — to solve a crossword puzzle. Its clues can be found in places along the hiking trail. The puzzle solution can be submitted in person at the museum or sent to the email address ogresmuzejs@ogresnovads.lv. Every solver will receive a small, museum-produced thematic souvenir — a calendar with an illustration of the Ogre Kangari hills (you will receive it upon arrival at the museum).