“Līva” in Liepāja. 1899. In [year], brothers Teodors and Heinrihs Antonišķi received a permit to establish a bicycle workshop in Liepāja.
The factory was located near Līva Square, which is why its products were named “Līva.” Initially, the company not only manufactured bicycles but also repaired typewriters and sewing machines; later, it began repairing cars and motorcycles. It employed 75 people, and by the time of World War I, it had produced approximately 3,000 bicycles.
After World War I, “Līva” resumed bicycle production, but the recovery process was difficult. 1922. In that year, production was temporarily halted due to high import duties.
In the 1930s, as the economic situation improved, production picked up again, and “Līva” became well-known throughout Latvia, producing up to 1,000 bicycles a year.
In the late 1930s, the company became a major supplier of bicycle parts to other factories, supplying spokes and pedal axles to the Riga-based factories “Omega” and “Latvello,” as well as mudguards to “Latvello” and “A. Lippert.”
At the end of 1939, “Līva” ceased bicycle production because its owners decided to repatriate to Germany.
