:Krāslava
{{Short description|Town in Latvia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Krāslava
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_shield =Coat_of_Arms_of_Krāslava.svg
| shield_size =
| image_flag =
| flag_size =
| image_skyline = Kraslava (pilsetas centrs).jpg
| imagesize =
| image_caption = Krāslava town centre
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|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 = {{coord|55|53|N|27|10|E|region:LV_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| nickname =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| area_total_km2 = {{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q16868672}}
| area_footnotes = {{wikidata|reference|best||P2046|P518=Q16868672}}
| area_water_km2 = {{#expr:{{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q16868672}}-{{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q11081619}}}}
| area_land_km2 = {{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q11081619}}
| area_metro_km2 =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = {{wikidata|property|qualifier|best||P1082}}
| population_footnotes = {{wikidata|references|best||P1082}}
| population_as_of = {{#invoke:WikidataIB|formatDate|{{wikidata|qualifier|best|raw||P1082|P585}}|df=y}}
| population_metro =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_metro_km2 =
| 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 ({{audio|Lv-Krāslava.ogg|Latvian pronunciation}}; {{langx|ltg|Kruoslova}}, {{langx|de|Kreslau}}, {{langx|be|Краслаўка}}, {{langx|pl|Krasław}}, {{langx|ru|Краслава, Креславль}}) 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 coast 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 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:Kreslau.jpg|Krāslava Palace (under restoration)
File:Krāslavas katoļu baznīca.jpg|Krāslava Catholic Church
File:Kraslava.jpg
See also
{{portal|Latvia}}
Transportation
{{main|lv:Krāslava (stacija)}}
Krāslava is home to a station on the Latvian Railways.
{{Collapsible list
| expand =
| framestyle =
| titlestyle =
| title = Services at Krāslava Station
| liststyle =
| hlist =
| bullets =
|
{{adjacent stations|system=LDz|line=Riga–Daugavpils|left=Daugavpils|note-mid2=Certain trains
|line3=Daugavpils-Indra|left3=Daugavpils|right3=Indra}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Krāslava}}
- [http://www.kraslava.lv Krāslava Municipality website]
{{Krāslava Municipality}}
{{Latvian regional cities}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kraslava}}
Category:Cities and towns in Latgale
Category:Cities and towns in Selonia