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Riga - Rīgas Doms
Riga is the capital of Latvia. With a population of more than 600.000 about a third of all Latvians live here. A settlement of the Finno-Ugric Livs existed on the bank of the Düna. At the end of the 12th century, merchants from Gotland came to trade here.
Albert von Buxthoeven, a fierce missionary, was the first bishop in Riga from 1201 to 1229. Riga developed as the hub of Russian trade and the starting point of the German colonization of the Baltic.
The merchants who settled here after the subjugation of the surrounding peoples rapidly gained influence. In 1225, they were able to elect the city bailiff themselves, when the City Council existed already.
After the Reformation, the power of the archbishops came to an end. After the outbreak of the Livonian War in 1558 the city favoured the status of a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. It was only when the imperial support failed to materialize that the renewed advance of Russian armies led the city to pay homage to Poland's King Stephen Báthory in 1581, who in return confirmed the city's traditional freedoms and privileges.
The 40-year Polish-Lithuanian rule, under which the citizens of Riga successfully resisted anti-Reformation efforts ended with the conquest of the city by Gustav II Adolf of Sweden in 1621. The Swedish crown treated Riga by its rank as the second-largest city in the kingdom and had it lavishly fortified. During the Russo-Swedish War (1656-1658), Riga withstood the Russian siege and maintained its position as one of the most important cities in Sweden until the beginning of the 18th century. During this period the city enjoyed extensive self-government.
Rīgas Doms (Riga Cathedral) was built at the instigation of the first bishop of Riga, Albert von Buxthoeven. The church replaced Riga's first cathedral, a wooden building within the Riga city walls, which was destroyed in a fire in 1215. For more than 300 years, the cathedral was the cathedral of the Riga diocese.
Originally, the church stood on a small elevation outside the city walls. Due to several reconstructions, the original shape of the church is hardly recognisable today.
The archbishop's position in the city was weakened when the citizens turned to the Reformation and Wolter von Plettenberg, the Teutonic Order's landmaster in Livonia, certified Riga as a Lutheran confession in 1525. With the disintegration of Old Livonia in the Livonian War of 1561, the first Catholic archbishopric of Riga also fell in 1563. From then on, the cathedral served the (German-speaking) Evangelical Lutheran congregation. From 1959 to 1962, the cathedral served as a concert hall.
After so long under the Russian administration, it is no wonder that the graffiti is in Cyrillic.
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Albert von Buxthoeven, a fierce missionary, was the first bishop in Riga from 1201 to 1229. Riga developed as the hub of Russian trade and the starting point of the German colonization of the Baltic.
The merchants who settled here after the subjugation of the surrounding peoples rapidly gained influence. In 1225, they were able to elect the city bailiff themselves, when the City Council existed already.
After the Reformation, the power of the archbishops came to an end. After the outbreak of the Livonian War in 1558 the city favoured the status of a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. It was only when the imperial support failed to materialize that the renewed advance of Russian armies led the city to pay homage to Poland's King Stephen Báthory in 1581, who in return confirmed the city's traditional freedoms and privileges.
The 40-year Polish-Lithuanian rule, under which the citizens of Riga successfully resisted anti-Reformation efforts ended with the conquest of the city by Gustav II Adolf of Sweden in 1621. The Swedish crown treated Riga by its rank as the second-largest city in the kingdom and had it lavishly fortified. During the Russo-Swedish War (1656-1658), Riga withstood the Russian siege and maintained its position as one of the most important cities in Sweden until the beginning of the 18th century. During this period the city enjoyed extensive self-government.
Rīgas Doms (Riga Cathedral) was built at the instigation of the first bishop of Riga, Albert von Buxthoeven. The church replaced Riga's first cathedral, a wooden building within the Riga city walls, which was destroyed in a fire in 1215. For more than 300 years, the cathedral was the cathedral of the Riga diocese.
Originally, the church stood on a small elevation outside the city walls. Due to several reconstructions, the original shape of the church is hardly recognisable today.
The archbishop's position in the city was weakened when the citizens turned to the Reformation and Wolter von Plettenberg, the Teutonic Order's landmaster in Livonia, certified Riga as a Lutheran confession in 1525. With the disintegration of Old Livonia in the Livonian War of 1561, the first Catholic archbishopric of Riga also fell in 1563. From then on, the cathedral served the (German-speaking) Evangelical Lutheran congregation. From 1959 to 1962, the cathedral served as a concert hall.
After so long under the Russian administration, it is no wonder that the graffiti is in Cyrillic.
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