Krāslava (; Latgalian: Kruoslova, German: Kreslau, Belarusian: Краслаўка, Polish: Krasław, Russian: Краслава, Креславль) is a town and the administrative centre of Krāslava Municipality, in the Latgale region of Latvia.[3] The town lies on the Daugava, upstream and to the east of the city of Daugavpils.
Krāslava | |
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Town | |
.jpg) Krāslava town centre | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Krāslava Location in Latvia | |
| Coordinates: 55°53′N 27°10′E / 55.883°N 27.167°E | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Municipality | Krāslava Municipality |
| Town rights | 1923 |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.16 km2 (3.54 sq mi) |
| • Land | 8.57 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.59 km2 (0.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total | 6,854 |
| • Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | LV-560(1–3) |
| Calling code | +371 656 |
History
edit- Krāslava was an important hillfort on the waterway from the Varangians to the Byzantine Empire since early Middle Ages, part of the orthodox Principality of Jersika in the 13th century.
- In 1558 was mentioned for the first time in written sources of Livonian Order as Kreslau (in German).
- In 1676 the church was built by Jesuit Order and Krāslava became the most northern located center of the Jesuit movement on the border with the areas dominated by Protestant and Orthodox churches.
- In 1729 Count Jan Ludwik Plater bought Krāslava. For nearly two centuries the Plater family determined Kraslava economical and cultural life.
- Craftmen from Poland and Germany in co-operation with local people organized the production of carpets, velvet, silk and cotton material, weapons, jewellery and other goods. The goods were in demand at the four Kraslava fairs and also exported to Courland, Poland and Germany.
- Between 1757 and 1842 Krāslava was home for a Roman Catholic seminary, one of the first educational institutions in Latgale region.
Prominent residents
edit- writer Kazimierz Bujnicki
- Sculptor Naoum Aronson (1872-1943)
- Signatorie to the Act of Independence of Lithuania Donatas Malinauskas
- Philosopher Nikolai Lossky
- Writer and philosopher Konstantin Raudive
- Monsignor Konstantin Budkevich – Roman Catholic priest executed in the Lubyanka Prison on Easter Sunday 1923.
- athlete Ineta Radēviča
- athlete Valentīna Gotovska
- Basketball player Jānis Timma
- Opera Singer and Professor Katrina Krumpane
- Siarhiej Sacharaŭ (1880-1954), Belarusian folklorist, ethnographer, pedagogue.
- Mocieĺ Blinčykaŭ (1896-1935), leader of the revolutionary movement in Western Belarus.
Gallery
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Panorama of Krāslava in 1875-1876 -
Krāslava Town Hall in 1875-1876 -
Brivibas Street in Krāslava, 1898 -
Krāslava Market Square in 1918 -
Krāslava Palace (under restoration) -
Krāslava Catholic Church -
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See also
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References
edit- ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Krāslavas novads portāls". Kraslava.lv. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
External links
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Media related to Krāslava at Wikimedia Commons- Krāslava Municipality website
