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# Aizkraukle

A settlement in Latvia.

## English name

**Aizkraukle** — Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

- **Stučka** — Soviet-period Latvian name of the modern town, replaced by Aizkraukle in 1990.
- **Stuchka** — Russian-based Latin rendering of the Soviet name, replaced in 1990.
- **Ascheraden** — German historical name associated with the earlier settlement and castle; the modern planned town has a different footprint.
- **Stucka** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Stučka for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## French name

**Aizkraukle** — Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.

Other forms in use:

- **Stučka** — Soviet-period name explicitly recorded in French history; replaced in 1990.
- **Ascheraden** — German historical name explicitly used in the French account of the castle and earlier settlement; not identical in extent to the planned modern town.
- **Stucka** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Stučka for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## About

Aizkraukle is a town on the Daugava in Latvia. The modern town grew as a home for workers building the Pļaviņas hydroelectric plant, while the ruins of the medieval Ascheraden castle stand nearby.

## Notes

Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizkraukle ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizkraukle.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q411715](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q411715) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/latvia/aizkraukle/?format=json)


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