Kandava
Sign in to savethumb|Former guard tower (1334) Kandava (; ; ) is a town in Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. It had a population of 3,656 people as of January 2020. The town is also the extra-territorial center of the adjacent Kandava Parish.
Key facts
- Settlement.website
- http://www.kandava.lv/
- Settlement.name
- Kandava
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sabiles street in Kandava.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Street in Kandava
- Settlement.image_flag
- Kandavas pilsētas karogs.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kandava COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tukums Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1917
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Livonian Crusade
- Livonian Confederation
- Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
- Courland Governorate
- Later history
- Twin towns — sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Former guard tower (1334) Kandava (; ; ) is a town in Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. It had a population of 3,656 people as of January 2020. The town is also the extra-territorial center of the adjacent Kandava Parish.
==History== ===Livonian Crusade=== The territory of modern Kandava was inhabited by Finnic tribes until the 10th century when Curonian expansion to the north started. The settlement grew around Kandava hillfort which was an important centre in the Curonian land of Vanema. As a settlement (villa Candowe), it is first mentioned in 1230 in a peace treaty between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, citizens of Riga, and the Curonian residents of the Abava valley. Local residents kept their lands but were forced to accept Christianity, pay annual tribute and participate in crusading campaigns against pagans. However, after several uprisings, a new treaty was signed between Livonian Order and Bishopric of Courland in 1253, and the lands of the Vanema were partitioned. Its southern portion including Kandava became the property of the Livonian Order.