19th century avg. built in the premises of the rectory in 1932-1937. a private Latvian secondary school was operating. in 1949 the entire ensemble (parsonage, parish house, four outbuildings, park) except the church was taken from the parishioners and nationalized. in 1993 the building was returned to the Žeimelos Evangelical Lutheran community. Erikas Leijeris (1906-1951), elder of the Synod of Lithuanian Latvian Evangelical Lutherans (1932-1937), member of the Consistory (1932-1936), awarded the Order of Gediminas IV degree, the Star of Sagittarius, lived in the rectory. in 1941 he was elected president and senior of the Consistory. in 1942 published together with the reformed in 1940. prepared hymnal. in 1949 arrested and deported to Siberia, the Mikhailovka camp, where he died.
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