Before revision: Garlieb Helwig Merkel ( in Lēdurga , Volmar County – in Riga) was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.
After revision: Garlieb Helwig Merkel ( in Lēdurga Parish (now Sigulda Municipality), Kreis Riga – in Riga) was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.