Ragana () is a village in Krimulda Parish, Sigulda Municipality in the

Vidzeme Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', ) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in north-centra ...

region of

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Castle Krimulda

Livonian Brothers of the Sword The Livonian Brothers of the Sword (; ) was a Catholic Church, Catholic Military order (monastic society), military order established in 1202 during the Livonian Crusade by Albert of Riga, Albert, the third bishop of Riga (or possibly by Theode ...

built in 1231 the castle Cremon now located 7 km east of today's Ragana. It was attacked in the

Livonian War The Livonian War (1558–1583) concerned control of Terra Mariana, Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia). The Tsardom of Russia faced a varying coalition of the Denmark–Norway, Dano-Norwegian Realm, the Kingdom ...

in 1559 by Russian troops and destroyed in 1601, during a Swedish military campaign in the "time of turmoil", and rebuilt again as a castle. In the

Great Northern War In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...

, Castle Kremon (other spelling: Castle Cremon ) was destroyed once again. It was rebuilt as a manor house in the model of the northern Italian Villa Rotonda. Until 1817, Kremon Castle was the manor house of the manor Kremon (hence also called "Herrenhaus Kremon") owned by the Helmersen family and later owned by the Lieven family from 1817 to 1921. Between 1922 and 1928, the first State Sanatorium for Bone Tuberculosis was established in the mansion Krimulda (thus the Latvian name) on behalf of the Latvian Red Cross. From 1948 to 1991 primary and middle school was accommodated in manor house. Between 1991 and 1995 in the mansion Krimulda various attempts failed to establish once again rehabilitation clinics for children and adolescents. After several years of vacancy, in 2002 the Rehabilitācijas centrs "Krimulda" GmbH took over the property. Krimulda Castle is a protected landmark building.

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Villages in Vidzeme Populated places in Sigulda Municipality Riga county {{Vidzeme-geo-stub