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Wilhelm Küchelbecker Memorial Plaque

Wilhelm Küchelbecker Memorial Plaque

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Wilhelm Küchelbecker Memorial Plaque

Name: Wilhelm Küchelbecker Memorial Plaque
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Location: Latgale, Latvia

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Edvard

September 10, 2018

In May 1822 the Lieutenant-General
at the Prussian Royal Service Gustav
von Rauch visited the fortress;
this was celebrated by placing a
memorial stone in the curtain wall
of the main rampart opposite to the
2nd bastion, this memorial stone is
preserved till this day.
From 1827 to 1831 Wilhelm
Küchelbecker (1797-1846), the wellknown
Decembrist and lyceumtime
friend of A. Pushkin was pining
in the walls of the fortress – prison.
Even nowadays it is not clear yet
where exactly in the fortress
W. Küchelbecker was kept. In 1975
a memorial plate to the prisoner
was set on the wall of the former
Commandant’s house – it can be
viewed from the parking lot side.
In the territory of the former fortress
cathedral the grave of the Dinaburg
fortress commandant G. Pilenko
(1817-1884) is preserved, his thread
of life was cut in the fortress in 1884
while on duty.
In 1936 a memorial plate was
opened on the building at 1. Oficieru
Street 2 in tribute to Jānis Balodis
(1881-1965), Commander-in-Chief
of the Latvian Army, who lived in
this building from 1902 to 1904.
The memorial plate did not last till
nowadays.
In 1942, the famous Tatar poet
Musa Dzhalil (1906-1944) was
pining in the concentration camp
“STALAG-340” behind the fortress.
In 1975, a memorial plate to M.
Dzhalil was opened in the wall of the
arch gate of the 7th semi contregarde
– it is attracting people even
today.
On July 9, 2013, the presidents
of Latvia and Poland opened a
monument devoted to Count
Leon Plater (1836-1863) – the local
leader of the Polish uprising, who
was held in the fortress during the
investigation period – near the
artillery arsenal.
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