Mežaparks. Sporta biedrība "Kaiserwald"

German Sports Association "Kaiserwald" ("Ķeizarmežs") was established in Mežaparks in 1903, in the territory of former Annas mansion, which the Association rented from Riga's Building Society. Before World War I "Kaiserwald" was the largest sports organization in Latvia (approx. 1,400 members), offering its members the widest range of sporting activities - the original 9 sports sections quickly grew to 14, covering a wide range of physical activities such as water, ice, as well as to land and even slow leisure and entertainment facilities in park and green section.