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Krāslava

Town in Latvia

Summary

Town in Latvia

Field	Value
name	Krāslava
settlement_type	Town
image_shield	Coat_of_Arms_of_Krāslava.svg
image_skyline	Kraslava (pilsetas centrs).jpg
image_caption	Krāslava town centre
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Latvia
subdivision_type1	Municipality
subdivision_name1	Krāslava Municipality
established_title	Town rights
established_date	1923
pushpin_map	Latvia
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_mapsize	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Latvia
coordinates
area_total_km2
area_footnotes
area_water_km2
area_land_km2
population_total
population_footnotes
population_as_of
population_density_km2	auto
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	LV-560(1–3)
area_code_type	Calling code
area_code	+371 656
timezone1	EET
utc_offset1	+2
timezone1_DST	EEST
utc_offset1_DST	+3

Krāslava (; , , , , ) is a town and the administrative centre of Krāslava Municipality. The town lies on the Daugava, upstream and to the east of the city of Daugavpils. Most of the town is situated on the right bank of the Daugava. As defined by Latvian law, Krāslava belongs partially to the Latgale region (on the right side of the Daugava) and partially to the Selonia region (on the left side of the Daugava).https://www.vestnesis.lv/op/2021/121B.3 Latviešu vēsturisko zemju likums

History

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, it 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

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

File:Krasłaŭ, Dźvina. Краслаў, Дзьвіна (N. Orda, 1875-76).jpg|Panorama of Krāslava in 1875–1876 File:Krasłaŭskaja ratuša. Краслаўская ратуша (N. Orda, 1875-76).jpg|Krāslava Town Hall in 1875–1876 File:Brivibas iela in Kraslava.jpg|Brivibas Street in Krāslava, 1898 File:Krasłaŭ, Rynak. Краслаў, Рынак (1918).jpg|Krāslava Market Square in 1918 File:Krāslavas pils1.jpeg|Krāslava Palace File:Krāslavas katoļu baznīca.jpg|Krāslava Catholic Church File:Kraslava.jpg

Transportation

Main article: lv:Krāslava (stacija)

Krāslava is home to a station on the Latvian Railways.

References

"Krāslavas novads portāls".

Wikipedia Source

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