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WENDEN (Lettish Tseziz)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 518 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WENDEN (Lettish Tseziz)  , a
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town of western Russia, in the government of Livonia, 6o m. by
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rail N.E. of Riga. j'op . (1897) 6327 . Here are the well preserved ruins of a former castle of the Brethren of the Sword, afterwards (from 1237) of the
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grand-master of the Teutonic Knights . In 1577 the garrison blew it up to prevent it from falling into the hands of
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Ivan the Terrible of Russia . It was rebuilt, but has been in ruins since a fire in [748 .

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