Courland and Curonians

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Difference between Courland and Curonians

Courland vs. Curonians

Courland is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. The Curonians or Kurs (kurši; kuršiai) were a medieval Baltic tribe living on the shores of the Baltic Sea in the 5th–16th centuries, in what are now western parts of Latvia and Lithuania.

Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Daugava

The Daugava (Daugova; Dźwina; Düna) or Western Dvina (translit; Заходняя Дзвіна; Väina; Väinäjoki) is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea.

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Grobiņa

Grobiņa (Grobin) is a town in South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, eleven kilometers east of Liepāja.

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Kuldīga

Kuldīga (Goldingen) is a town in the Courland region of Latvia, in the western part of the country.

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Latvia

Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

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Latvians

Latvians (latvieši) are a Baltic ethnic group and nation native to Latvia and the immediate geographical region, the Baltics.

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Liepāja

Liepāja is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.

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Lithuanians

Lithuanians (lietuviai) are a Baltic ethnic group.

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Livonian Order

The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, formed in 1237.

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Livonian War

The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought for control of Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia).

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Northern Crusades

The Northern Crusades or Baltic Crusades were Christianization campaigns undertaken by Catholic Christian military orders and kingdoms, primarily against the pagan Baltic, Finnic and West Slavic peoples around the southern and eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, and also against Orthodox Christian East Slavs.

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Palanga

Palanga (Palonga; Połąga; Polangen) is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.

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Talsi

Talsi (Tālsa, Talsen) (population 11,371) is a town in Latvia.

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Teutonic Order

The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Venta (river)

The Venta (Latvian pronunciation, Lithuanian,,, Livonian Vǟnta joug) is a river in north-western Lithuania and western Latvia.

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Ventspils

Ventspils is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country.

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