Curonians information

The Kursenieki are also sometimes known as Curonians. The Curonians or Kurs (Latvian: kurši; Lithuanian: kuršiai) were a medieval Baltic tribe living on...

Curonian may refer to: Curonian language Curonians, or Kurs, a Baltic tribe in present-day western Latvia and Lithuania from Curonia, Latin for Courland...

Curonian language (German: Kurisch; Latvian: kuršu valoda; Lithuanian: kuršių kalba), or Old Curonian, was a Baltic language spoken by the Curonians,...

The Curonian (Courish) Spit (Lithuanian: Kuršių nerija; Russian: Ку́ршская коса́; German: Kurische Nehrung; Latvian: Kuršu kāpas) is a 98-kilometre (61 mi)...

and an expeditionary fleet of Spanish vessels, the Curonians left Tobago in 1666. In 1668 a Curonian ship attempted to reoccupy Fort Jacobus and was driven...

century, the area around the lagoon was part of the ancestral lands of the Curonians and Old Prussians. Later it bordered the historical region of Lithuania...

closely allied with Samogitians. In July 1210 Curonians attacked Riga. After a day of fighting, the Curonians were unable to break through the city walls...

Curonian colonisation refers to the colonisation efforts of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (today part of Latvia). Small, but wealthy, the Duchy...

service in case of war. Curonians usually served as a light cavalry in the Livonian Order army. Sources mention that Curonian Kings fought in the Livonian...

The Curonian weathervane is a unique decoration of boats, created by fishermen of the Curonian Lagoon in Lithuania. The weather vanes have been used for...

to defend his land, Sweden (Svíþjóð), since Curonians (Kúrir) and Kvænir were raiding there." Curonians are mentioned among other participants of the...

migrations of the 14th–17th centuries, Curonians (already speaking a Latvian dialect) settled along the Curonian Spit in East Prussia and became known...

and Estonians (by the Germans and Danes, 1193–1227). Semigallians and Curonians (1219–1290). Old Prussians. Lithuanians and Samogitians (by the Germans...

"Lithuanian calls us Curonians, we are not Latvians, we are Curonians". Preserved Baltic, Scandinavian toponyms shows that people in Curonian Spit lived from...

times the Curonians, a pagan tribe, inhabited Courland. The Brethren of the Sword, a German Catholic military order, subdued the Curonians and converted...

Semigallia - Zemgale) Curonians (they lived in Curonia or Courland) Curonian Kings (Kuršu Koniņi) (a distinct Latvian cultural group of Curonian ancestry) (they...

lived in western Lithuania and were closely related to Semigallians and Curonians. In 1413, they became the last group of Europeans to convert to Christianity...

the Northern Crusades in Latvia and Estonia against the Samogitians, Curonians, Semigallians, and Selonians. He was ultimately killed by the Samogitians...

seaborne raids by Curonians and by Estonians from the island of Saaremaa, known as Oeselians. In 1187 Estonians (Oeselians), Curonians or/and Karelians...

another on the northern coast of Courland. The latter were referred as Curonians, together with the Balts living there. The Livonians referred to themselves...

Танцующий лес, romanized: Tantsuyushchiy les) is a pine forest on the Curonian Spit in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia noted for its unusually twisted trees...

Latgalians assimilating the languages of other neighboring Baltic tribes—Curonian, Semigallian, and Selonian—which resulted in these languages gradually...

considered the Curonians fascists. Because of this discrimination, many immigrated to West Germany in 1958, where the majority of Curonians now live. After...

includes Old Prussian, Sudovian, West Galindian, possibly Skalvian and Old Curonian.: 33  The only properly attested West Baltic language of which texts are...

the battle started, local Curonians abandoned the knights because the knights did not agree to free any captured Curonians from the Samogitian camp. Peter...