Daugavgrīva Castle
Daugavgrīva Castle (german: Dünamünde; pl, Dynemunt; russian: Усть-Двинск or ''Ust`-Dvinsk'') is a former monastery converted into a castle, located at Vecdaugava oxbow on right bank of Daugava River, Daugava, in the northern part of Riga city, Latvia. Nowadays here are seen only earthen ramparts. History The first settlement, Daugavgrīva Abbey, was established on the right bank of the Daugava river, 13 miles from Bishop Albert of Riga's residence in Riga, by Cistercian monks from Pforta in 1205. Theoderich von Treyden was an early abbot, while during the 1210s Count Bernard II, Lord of Lippe, Bernhard II of Lippe was its abbot. During a raid of tribal Curonians in 1228,See the ''Livonian Chronicle by Hermann de Wartberge, as citehere the monastery and its tombs were destroyed, although the monks rebuilt the abbey after fighting died down. They also had to endure abuse by the undisciplined Northern Crusades, crusaders of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, Livon ...
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Vecdaugava
Vecdaugava is a neighbourhood of Riga, the capital of Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of .... Neighbourhoods in Riga {{Riga-stub ...
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