Dinaburg

E499780

historical city name

Dinaburg is the historical name of the Latvian city now known as Daugavpils, an important cultural and economic center in the Latgale region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dünaburg	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical city name ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Belarusians NERFINISHED ⓘ Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvians NERFINISHED ⓘ Poles NERFINISHED ⓘ Russians NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryDuringPolishLithuanianCommonwealth	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryDuringRussianEmpire	Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo	Daugava River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadFortress	Dinaburg Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalNameVariant	Daugavpils NERFINISHED ⓘ Dvinsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Dünaburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalFunction	customs and trade post ⓘ garrison town ⓘ
historicalImportance	military stronghold ⓘ regional trade center ⓘ
historicalMulticulturalCharacter	yes ⓘ
historicalNameOf	Daugavpils NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Inflanty NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfToponymOrigin	Germanic ⓘ
linkedModernAdministrativeUnit	Daugavpils Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Latgale Planning Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Latgale NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Daugava River NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernName	Daugavpils NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameUsedInLanguage	German ⓘ Latvian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Russian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
nearBorderWith	Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfHistoricalProvince	Livonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Vitebsk Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfHistoricalTerritory	Latgale NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayCityIs	second largest city in Latvia or among largest ⓘ
presentDayCityPopulationOver	80000 ⓘ
presentDayCityRole	major cultural center of Latgale ⓘ major economic center of Latgale ⓘ
railwayJunction	yes ⓘ
religiousCommunitiesHistoricallyPresent	Catholics ⓘ Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Lutherans ⓘ Orthodox Christians ⓘ
servedAs	administrative center of surrounding district ⓘ
strategicRole	border fortress town ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daugavpils → historicalName → Dinaburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dünaburg