Berķene Manor is one of the oldest small manors in Zemgale and it is located in a picturesque place, on the bank of river Svēte; between Tērvete and Eleja. This is the only manor ir Latvia which offers a long-term rental opportunity of the rural residence, giving you a chance to become one of the noblemen and enjoy the life in a real manor. The guests of Berķene Manor can choose if they want to stay at the manor lord's house or the newly built residential building.

We invite you on an exciting tour of our apiary, located in the territory of a bird reserve. Our apiary is not only a place where delicious honey and other beekeeping products are made, but it is also a unique corner of nature for recreation.

The house is given the status of an architectural monument of national importance and is located on the grounds of the urban planning monument of national importance, the Historical Centre of the City of Jelgava. In the 1813 plan of the city of Jelgava, it is possible to identify the part of the city where the building on 2 Vecpilsētas Street is located. It is a building made of wooden structures, which were no longer permitted to be built in Jelgava under the building regulations of 1813, so there is reason to believe that the house’s origins date before 1813.

In the second half of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, it was a residential house with a warehouse next to it.

In the block of Jelgava Vecpilsētas Street, where the House of Latvian traditions and crafts is located, a unique historic street network and density pattern have been preserved to this day. The building area was formed between the 18th and 19th centuries. It is the oldest building part of the city of Jelgava that was not destroyed during World War II.

In 2008, a memorial sign Dobeles vārti (Dobele gates) was installed next to the house of Latvian traditions and crafts, symbolically marking the location of one of the city’s historical gates in the 17th century. From Dobeles vārti, a road of nails winds along the ground, marking the location of the ancient city’s rampart. The nailed road in the streets leads from the crossing of Dobele and Vecpilsētas streets to the crossing of Uzvaras and Ausekļa streets. All 800 hammered nails were made at a local blacksmith in Jelgava.