Elamur LocationsAizkraukle
A settlement in Latvia.
English name
Aizkraukle — Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.
Other forms in use:
- Stučka — Soviet-period Latvian name of the modern town, replaced by Aizkraukle in 1990.
- Stuchka — Russian-based Latin rendering of the Soviet name, replaced in 1990.
- Ascheraden — German historical name associated with the earlier settlement and castle; the modern planned town has a different footprint.
- Stucka — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Stučka for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
French name
Aizkraukle — Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.
Other forms in use:
- Stučka — Soviet-period name explicitly recorded in French history; replaced in 1990.
- Ascheraden — German historical name explicitly used in the French account of the castle and earlier settlement; not identical in extent to the planned modern town.
- Stucka — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Stučka for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
About
Aizkraukle is a town on the Daugava in Latvia. The modern town grew as a home for workers building the Pļaviņas hydroelectric plant, while the ruins of the medieval Ascheraden castle stand nearby.
Notes
Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizkraukle ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizkraukle.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q411715 · JSON
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