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Gertrud Schwend-Uexküll
Gertrud Schwend-Uexküll (born "Gertrud, Baronesse von Uexküll-Gyllenband": 17 May 1867 – 15 January 1901) was a pioneer of girls' education. In 1899 she founded the :de:Mädchenschule, "Mädchengymnasium" (secondary school for girls) in Stuttgart. It was the first such institution in the Kingdom of Württemberg and only the second anywhere in German empire, Germany. Life Early years Gertrud Baronesse Uexküll-Gyllenband was born into a well-established family at Daugavgrīva castle, Fortress Dünamünde, a manor house on the grounds formerly occupied by a stronghold built by the Teutonic Order, Teutonic Knights, just outside Riga, a multicultural city which at that time found itself positioned on the outer fringes of the Russian Empire. She was born, the fifth of her parents' recorded children, into the Baltic Germans, German-speaking community which for Livonian Crusade, historical reasons constituted the Baltic German nobility, traditional land-owning ruling class in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daugavgrīva Castle
Daugavgrīva Castle (; ; or ''Ust`-Dvinsk'') is a former monastery converted into a castle, located at Vecdaugava oxbow on the right bank of Daugava River, Daugava, in the northern part of Riga city, in the Vidzeme region of 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 County of Lippe, 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, Livonian Order. Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
