Ļaudona

Laudona ( German: Laudohn ) is a historic site on the banks of the river Aiviekste ( German: EWST ) in eastern Latvia.

History

A Latgale fixing the state Jersika at Laudona has been dated by archaeologists to the 9th to 12th centuries. In 1274 the Archbishop of Riga could create at the mouth of Svētupupe in the Aiviekste a castle. The Laudohn family was resident here since 1432 as vassals of Riga 's archbishop. In the Livonian War, the castle was destroyed in 1613 and the surrounding estate was Swedish. 1696 a church was built with a community school. In 1703 the estate was then destroyed by troops of Russia and was after the treaty of Nystad in 1721 to this realm. 1772 was a glass factory. 1846 was the pastor of several thousand church members to orthodox beliefs about what led to the construction of a new church. During the Revolution of 1905, the mansion of the estate was burnt down.

After the independence of Latvia, the estate was divided in the course of agrarian reform in 42 parts, which the peasant economies allowed a degree of prosperity.

The Lutheran church was destroyed during the fighting in World War II in 1944. In the postwar period was the local collective farm the most important employer. The village belonged to the district of Madona (from 2009 Madona district ).

The Austrian commander Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717-1790) is on the neighboring estate Tootzen ( Latvian: Toce ) born.