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| City rights | 1695 |
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| Location of Grobiņa within Latvia | |
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| Other names | Grobin; Grebin; Söborg; German: Seeburg; German: Seleburg |
| Mayor | Jānis Neimanis |
| Number of city council members | 9 |
| District | Liepāja District |
| Area | 5. 'City rights' redirects here See also Municipal charter. Town privileges were important features of European Towns during Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government |||} Latvia is divided into 26 districts ( rajons; pl rajoni) and 7 cities ( lielpilsētas; singular lielpilsēta) indicated with asterisks The Liepāja District (Liepājas rajons is an administrative division of Latvia, located in the Courland region in the country's west Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 12 km² (2 sq mi) |
| Population | 4,315 |
| Density | 843 /km² (2,183 /sq mi) |
| Postal code | LV-3430 |
| Calling code | +371 34 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
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Grobiņa (pronunciation ) is a city in western Latvia, eleven kilometers east of Liepāja. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Liepāja (liepaja) is a city in western Latvia on the Baltic sea and the administrative center of Liepāja district. It was founded by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. Some ruins of their castle are still visible. The town was given its charter in 1695.
During the Early Middle Ages, Grobiņa (or Grobin) was the most important political centre on the territory of Latvia. The Early Middle Ages is a period in the History of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500 There was a centre of Scandinavian settlement on the Baltic Sea, comparable in many ways to Hedeby and Birka but probably predating them both. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. Hedeby (ˡheðəby Old Norse Heiðabýr, of heiðr = heathland and býr = yard thus "heath yard" sometimes known For a group of islands in the Gulf of Finland, see Berezovye Islands. About 3,000 surviving burial mounds contain the most impressive remains of the Vendel Age in Eastern Europe. A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a Mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves Swedish prehistory the Vendel era ( 550 - 793) is the name given to a part of the Germanic Iron Age (or more generally the Age of Migrations Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent.
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Viking settlement
Site
The Viking settlement at Grobin was excavated by Birger Nerman in 1929 and 1930. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Birger Nerman ( October 6, 1888 – 1971) was a Swedish Archaeologist and writer Nerman found remains of an earthernwork stronghold, which had been protected on three sides by the Alanda River. three Vendel Age cemeteries may be dated to the period between 650 and 800 AD. Swedish prehistory the Vendel era ( 550 - 793) is the name given to a part of the Germanic Iron Age (or more generally the Age of Migrations One of them was military in character and analogous to similar cemeteries in the Mälaren Valley in Central Sweden, while two others indicate that there was "a community of Gotlanders who were carrying on peaceful pursuits behind the shield of the Swedish military". Lake Mälaren ( (historically occasionally referred to as Lake Malar in English is the third-largest Lake in Sweden, after Lakes Vänern and is a county, province and municipality of Sweden and the largest Island in the Baltic Sea. [1]
From Nerman's findings, it appears that Grobin was the site of an early Scandinavian colony. The Swedish military garrison would levy tribute from the indigenous Curonians, while a group of civilian colonists from Gotland would engage in trade and agriculture. The Kursenieki are also known as Curonians The Curonians ( Curonian: Kursi; Kuren Kurši Kuršiai Kuralased were This was a pattern of colonisation resembling the Milesian colonies of Ancient Greece. The 8th-century Scandinavian settlement in Ladoga may have been similar in character. Staraya Ladoga (Ста́рая Ла́дога or the Aldeigjuborg of Norse sagas is a village ( selo) in the Volkhovsky The Viking technologies and items were thus transmitted through Grobin to the Baltic and Slavic hinterland. [2]
Destruction
Cremations in Grobin almost ceased towards 800 AD, indicating that the Viking colony dwindled in size with the rise of alternative centres in Truso and Kaup. Events By Place Europe September 15 - Oldest known mention of Monkey. Distinguish from Trousseau. Truso, situated on Lake Druzno, was an Old Prussian ( Pomesanian town near the Baltic Mokhovoye (Моховое Wiskiauten Viskiautai is a settlement in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the south-western corner of the Curonian The Norsemen may have remained in control of Grobin until the mid-9th century, when — as Rimbert's Vita Ansgari relates — Olof (I) of Sweden gathered an enormous army and attacked the Curonians. Saint Rimbert or Rembert (d 11 June, 888) was Archbishop of Bremen -Hamburg from 865 until his death Vita Ansgari is the biography of Ansgar, written by Rimbert, his successor as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen. Olof was king in Sweden when Ansgar made his second voyage to Birka in the year 854.
The first town the Swedes attacked was called Seaborg. It had 7,000 armed men to protect it, but the town was pillaged, ravaged, and burnt by the Swedes. The invaders sent back their ships and started out on a five-day expedition into the hinterland. They reached the town of Apulia (modern Apuolė, 25 miles to the southeast, in Lithuania) which had as many as 15,000 warriors. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the The town was besieged for eight days without apparent success and the Norsemen even appealed to the Christian God for help. When they were preparing for a decisive battle, the Curonians suddenly sued for peace, giving as booty weapons and gold captured by them from the Danes a year earlier.
Nerman's excavations at the ancient fort of Apulia corraborated the account of Vita Ansgari. He found evidence of a large-scale conflict in the 9th century, notably large concentrations of Swedish arrowheads near the walls of the derelict Curonian fortress.
References
- ^ Francis Donald Logan. The Vikings in History. Routledge (UK), 1992. Page 182.
- ^ Marija Gimbutas. Marija Gimbutas ( Marija Gimbutienė) ( Vilnius, January 23, 1921 – Los Angeles, United States February 2 The Balts. London: Thames and Hudson, 1963. Pages 152-153.
Further reading
- B. Nerman. Grobin-Seeburg, Ausgrabungen und Funde. Stockholm, 1958.
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