{"id":1119,"date":"2017-06-28T13:38:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/\/?page_id=1119\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:01:55","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/en\/about-us\/daugavpils-region\/about-daugavpils-region\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting Facts about Augsdaugava District<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>742 years ago, in 1275, on the top of Vecpils settlement, on the site of the ancient castle of Latgallians, the Livonian Order built the Dinaburg castle that is a predecessor of Daugavpils City.<\/li>\n<li>Russian Empress Catherine I (Marta Elena Skavronska) (1684 \u2013 1727) was born in Viski.<\/li>\n<li>The pastor Oscar Svensons (1822 \u2013 1884) who was the first teacher of Janis Plieksans (Latvian poet Rainis) served in Egypt\u2019s Lutheran Parish Church.<\/li>\n<li>The canonics Jazeps Akilevics and Tomas Kosovskis, the authors of spiritual literature of Latgale and Latgale grammar, lived in Liksna in 19 century.<\/li>\n<li>The chancellor of Germany Otto von Bismarck (1815 \u2013 1898) liked to hunt in Medumi fortests and he was also a frequent guest of Medumi landlord August von Etingen.<\/li>\n<li>Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (Wessel Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven) (1899 \u2013 1944) was born in Lielborne manor in 1899. 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