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# Krāslava

A settlement in Latvia.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Krasław** — Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references.
- **Kreslau** — Historical German name used in English Baltic references.
- **Kruoslova** — Latgalian local name explicitly recorded in English geographical references.
- **Kreslavl** — Russian historical form from Креславль; for historical-source matching.
- **Kraslava** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Krāslava for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
- **Kraslaw** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Krasław for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Krāslava** — Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.

Other forms in use:

- **Kreslau** — German historical name explicitly used in the French locality reference, rather than a current French civic name.
- **Craslau** — Older French exonym, also retained in captions by the French defence ministry’s photographic archive; the modern French reference heading uses Krāslava.
- **Kraslava** — Russian-based spelling explicitly printed in the French introduction; also the diacritic-free Latvian form.
- **Kraslavka** — Russian historical variant explicitly printed in the French introduction.

## About

Krāslava is a town on the Daugava River in southeastern Latvia. Its palace and Catholic church reflect the influence of the Plater family on the history of Latgale.

## Notes

Older French Craslau is independently attested by the French defence ministry archive, not merely inferred from German Kreslau. https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/en-lettonie-la-mise-en-place-de-diverses-defenses-par-une-unite-de-dca-flak-et-de-fantassins-de-la-wehrmacht.html Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krāslava ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krāslava ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Краслава ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Краслава.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q638592](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638592) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/latvia/kraslava/?format=json)


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