Birzgale Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of the Ogre Municipality, Latvia. The entire parish is on the left bank of the Daugava, in the region of Semigallia. The parish borders with Tome Parish, Vecumnieki Municipality Vecumnieki Parish and Valle Parish, Jaunjelgava Municipality Jaunjelgava, its rural territory and Sērene Parish, along Daugava with Skrīveri Municipality, Lielvārde Municipality Lielvārde city, its rural territory and Jumprava Parish. History In the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in the 16th century Linde Manor belonged to Pletenberg family, in 1567 the Linde-Birzgale parish region was formed, which later belonged to . In 1752, the pastoral manor house Gotthard Friedrich Stenders burned down completely. The pastoral manor burned down for the second time in 1824, when the entire church archive was destroyed. In 1769, Linde's landlord designated four villages as the pastors of the pastor's manor, later the classrooms were leased, and in 1892 the house was sold to the landlords. The parish church was restored several times, in 1867 the church tower with stone foundations was built, in 1894 the sacristy destroyed by fire was restored and in 1896 part of the church was rebuilt. Even before abolition of serfdom in Livonia in 1816, the owner of Linde (Daugava) manor Sophia von Mengden published three law books for her people, namely, "Duties, Works and Hearings of Linde and Birzgale Parishes" (1796), "Soldiers 'or Recruits' Messli" (1805) and "Linde and Birzgale Farmer's or Parish Court" (1805). Linde (Daugava) manor with Birzgale half-manor was located in the territory of the parish, later Alstiķi manor ( Gut Halswigshof ), Kalna manor ( Berghof ), Kannenieki manor ( Gut Kanenneken ). During the land reform of 1920, Birzgale-Linde manor and pastor's manor were divided into 178 units in a total area of 3,200 hectares. In 1935, the area of Birzgale Parish (until 1925 "Lindes Parish") was 207.5 km. In 1945, Birzgale, Daugaviešu, Degļupe and Oškalnes village council were established in the parish, but in 1949 the parish was liquidated. In 1954, the liquidated village of Oškalne was added to Birzgale village, but in 1956 the territory of Valles village kolkhoz "Jaunā gvarde" was added. In 1974, part of the territory of Birzgale village was added to Daugavieši village. In 1977, the territories were exchanged with Vecumnieki Municipality. The territory of the liquidated Daugavieši village was added in 1979. In 1990, the village was reorganized into a parish. In