Elamur LocationsKrāslava
A settlement in Latvia.
English name
Krāslava — Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.
Other forms in use:
- Krasław — Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references.
- Kreslau — Historical German name used in English Baltic references.
- Kruoslova — Latgalian local name explicitly recorded in English geographical references.
- Kreslavl — Russian historical form from Креславль; for historical-source matching.
- Kraslava — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Krāslava for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
- Kraslaw — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Krasław for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Krāslava — Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.
Other forms in use:
- Kreslau — German historical name explicitly used in the French locality reference, rather than a current French civic name.
- Craslau — Older French exonym, also retained in captions by the French defence ministry’s photographic archive; the modern French reference heading uses Krāslava.
- Kraslava — Russian-based spelling explicitly printed in the French introduction; also the diacritic-free Latvian form.
- Kraslavka — Russian historical variant explicitly printed in the French introduction.
About
Krāslava is a town on the Daugava River in southeastern Latvia. Its palace and Catholic church reflect the influence of the Plater family on the history of Latgale.
Notes
Older French Craslau is independently attested by the French defence ministry archive, not merely inferred from German Kreslau. https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/en-lettonie-la-mise-en-place-de-diverses-defenses-par-une-unite-de-dca-flak-et-de-fantassins-de-la-wehrmacht.html Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krāslava ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krāslava ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Краслава ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Краслава.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q638592 · JSON
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