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Mālpils () is a village in the Mālpils Parish of Sigulda Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Mālpils had 1,838 residents as of 2020.
The village was built around the Good Lemburg, which was established after the Swedish conquest in 1622. Already before 1613, a Lutheranism pastor is attested. In 1693 there was a community school.
The governor of Livonia Gustav von Taube became owner in 1760 and built larger parks. In 1766 a stone church was built. In 1845, many of the local peasants changed denominations and established a Russian Orthodox community. After the mansion had been burnt down during the Russian Revolution in 1905, a reconstruction in the classicist style began after the plans of Wilhelm Bockslaff. In 1920, the property was expropriated and divided into 166 farms for new settlers. The mansion served as a school and recreation home for soldiers.9783412071837, Böhlau. ISBN 9783412071837
After the Second World War, there was a school for construction engineering and later the administration of a sovkhoz. During this time, the population, which in 1935 had still consisted of 279 inhabitants, grew to over 2500.
The restored estate buildings were opened in 2008 for the 150th anniversary of the architect Bockslaff and now serve as an exclusive hotel.
The resident Livonians called the place lembit-urga, which means something like "chief river". In terms of folklore, the German crusaders made it "Lehmburg". The Latvian name in turn is a translation: "clay castle" - Latvian Māls-Pils.
There are also stories that the Latvian peasants used to call the castle Mārpils because a girl named Māra was walled into the castle by Crusaders.9789984004129 ISBN 9789984004129
The rivers Mergupe and Suda flow through the district, ending in the big Jugla. On the 220.9 km2 large territory there are several with more than 1000 hectares.
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