of the fortress. Since 2016, the art and culture festival called Kometa is happening within the fortress. Daugavgrīva Capture of Daugavgrīva (1608) Battle...

troops. The site is now known in Latvian as Daugavgrīva. There is a functional lighthouse at Daugavgrīva which was originally built in 1818. It was rebuilt...

Media related to Daugavgrīva castle at Wikimedia Commons (in Latvian) The fortress of Daugavgriva with contemporary illustrations Daugavgrīva Castle history...

Daugavgrīva Abbey or Dünamünde Abbey (Latvian: Daugavgrīvas klosteris; German: Kloster Dünamünde; Latin: Mons S. Nicolai) was a Cistercian monastery in...

Latvians crossed Daugava river north of Riga and captured Bolderāja and Daugavgrīva fortress. On November 10–11, 1919, the Latvian Armed Forces started a day...

Hokuto, Hokkaido Tatsuoka Castle (龍岡城) in Saku, Nagano Daugavgrīva Fortress Daugavpils Fortress Rīga Old Town, the outline of the bastions preserved as...

Swedes captured Daugavgriva on 5 August 1608. The Poles recaptured the fortress a year later at the Battle of Daugavgriva (1609). Daugavgrīva castle (Riga)...

The Battle of Daugavgrīva took place on October 6, 1609 during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). When Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (2500 soldiers) moved in...

The 1st Daugavgrīva Latvian Riflemen Regiment, also known as the 1st Latvian Ust-Dvina Riflemen Regiment (Latvian: 1. Daugavgrīvas latviešu strēlnieku...

install herself as empress. 2 December Ivan was imprisoned in the Daugavgriva fortress. 1742 4 September Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743): Encircled by the...

he served in Daugavgrīvas fortress, later assisting in the formation of Latvian riflemen battalions. He served in the 1st Daugavgrīvas Latvian riflemen...

moving towards Daugavgrīva (in present-day Latvia) and set out to cut these off. However the Swedish units managed to enter Daugavgrīva before Chodkiewicz's...

Theoderic of Turaida, a preacher who would later become the abbot of Daugavgrīva Abbey. He became an ardent Christian and a friend of Albert of Buxhoeveden...

Frederick Joachim Mansfeld, landed near and besieged the fortress of Dünamünde (Daugavgrīva, Dynemunt) near Riga, although without any success. After...

again unsuccessful in storming the city, they destroyed a monastery in Daugavgriva and killed all the monks there. In 1230, the Curonians in the northern...

Lithuanians and Curonians. In 1228, Semigallians and Curonians attacked the Daugavgrīva monastery, the main crusader stronghold at the Daugava river delta. The...

Under Rostovsky governorship Riga garrison was strengthened and the Daugavgrīvas fortress was rebuilt. He was minister of justice from 25 August 1817 to 18...

Sergius) north of Moscow. The siege lasted for 16 months Capture of Daugavgrīva - Swedish priority during Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). Battle of Zaraysk...

during the Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625), Riga and the outlying fortress of Daugavgrīva came under the rule of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, who intervened...

1605 – Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) (Polish–Swedish wars) Capture of Daugavgrīva – 1608 – Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) (Polish–Swedish wars) Battle...

Narva fortress. On March 10, 1685, he was assigned to the Savolaks and Nyslott regiment. He later served as commandant of the Neumünde fortress. He died...

deployed. It left Helsinki on 31 May sailing to Latvian Dünamünde (today Daugavgrīva). After spending June and July in Riga, it arrived in Brest on the 8...

Cēsis Castle Cēsis Cēsis Around 1213-1218 Impressive ruins Daugavgrīva Castle Daugavgrīva Rīga 1208 Only earthen ramparts Gaujiena Castle Gaujiena Smiltene...

The interest in Padise of monks from Dünamünde Abbey in the present Daugavgrīva near Riga is first documented in 1283 in a letter from King Eric V of...

during the Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625), Riga and the outlying fortress of Daugavgriva came under the rule of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, who intervened...