Gaujiena

Gaujiena

Exonyms: Adsel (German).

Official website: gaujiena.lv

Coordinates: 57°31′N 26°23′E / 57.517°N 26.383°E / 57.517; 26.383

Gaujiena is a village along the Gauja River in Gaujiena parish, Ape municipality, Latvia. It was the seat of a Komtur of the Teutonic Knights. A castle was erected in the 13th century, but fell into disrepair in the 18th century.

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  Gaujiena Palace

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  Gaujiena Castle ruins

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References

• Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm (2000). Burgen des deutschen Mittelalters. Grundriss-Lexikon (in German). Flechsig. p. 692. ISBN 3-88189-360-1.