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The private collection is placed in a small building specially built for the museum and its visitors can look at historical evidence of Medumi and the surrounding area. The family of Stikani is engaged in collecting historical artefacts of the World War I and World War II.  Jaunatnes iela 4, Medumi, Augšdaugavas novads, +371 25960552, […]

The “Life and Death” front line was set on the territory of Medumi for several years during the First World War. A complex system of fortifications with ditches, trenches and bunkers was built on both sides of it. Museum in Medumi is a great place to look at the historical artifacts found in the surrounding […]

The hideout, which was behind a hill, in a forest ditch, in the immediate vicinity of the first defence line, where soldiers could warm up, dry off, eat or take a nap. There were not only trenches and trenches for shooters in the first defensive positions, but also auxiliary buildings that provided temporary rest, shelter […]

Artillery positions were located on the hill, near the buildings of the homestead. It was made of three concrete structures and rooms for ammunition. Howitzers or field and fortress guns could stand in such fortified points. The size of the embrasure was larger for howitzers. Colonel Racenstein, a resident of Smeline, was the chief of […]

It was placed on the second line of defence, which was also called the inner line. It was set up as a backup in case the first one bunker broke through. Well-armed observation post, machine-gun nest, slightly out of line of trenches. An embrasure directed towards the enemy. GPS: 55.761024, 26.359518

The bunker was located on the second defence line, 5-10 kilometres from the front line. This bunker was a place where officers lived and the headquarters of the 257th Reserve Infantry Regiment. In order to feel better in the landscape of war, the Germans spared no time in building underground towns that would at least […]

Artillery batteries were usually located behind the front line of defence. This site was located approximately 6 km from the front line and consisted of 4 pairs of bunkers located 30 meters apart. A gun position was located between the adjacent bunkers. The ammunition was placed in the rooms on both sides of the cannon […]

The positions at this location are fortified batteries that have survived along with a complex of auxiliary buildings. Such a battery had two covered fortifications (casemates) for weapons and safe rooms for soldiers and ammunition. Reinforced batteries made it possible to protect the weapons not only from enemy fire, but also made them invisible to […]

An observation post covering the approach to the artillery positions. Despite its small dimensions, it is equipped with an opening for a periscope and three firing openings for machine guns. There was continuous telephone communication at the observation post by means of which the fire from the adjacent artillery batteries was regulated. GPS: 55.649135, 26.542932

The place where the 175th Landwehr Infantry Brigade was stationed more than a hundred years ago. Together with several regiments, it formed a military town called “Berlin”, with its fortifications, a military hospital, residential buildings and a cemetery, which has survived to this day. There is a memorial stone with the inscription in German “For […]

Blindage – a battlefield hiding place made to protect against heavy fire strikes. All hideouts were built according to a typical scheme, only the sizes of the fortification structures differed. There were two entrances on the sides of the facade wall, between which was a small row of windows. Many blindages located in the village […]

On the southern edge of the town of Turmantas, on the way to the village of Tilze, there are two huge, hill-like buildings. These are World War I gunpowder and ammunition depots. Ammunition and other supplies brought by train were stored in a warehouse and distributed to the soldiers. GPS: 55.687587, 26.467224

The First World War exposition in Turmantas is a part of the international cross-border route “Along the Footsteps of the First World War”. Unique artefacts, replicas, photographs from the First World War can be seen in the exposition. Information about the route is provided here, the virtual reality experience and guide services are offered. Tilžes […]

The construction of an active importance with four machine gun firing ports. The German inscription has survived. It is believed to be the remains of the “Memelburg” inscription. Some of the openings are bricked up. The structure is designed to protect the railway territory and warehouses from enemies or saboteurs. GPS: 55.695833, 26.463988

Turmantas Railway Station became an important object in 1916. As the German army established defensive lines at the front, it was very important to have an efficient logistics network. The old town of Turmantas built in the time of the tsar, the former dormitories of railway workers and the railway station can be seen. GPS: […]

During the First World War, many soldiers of the German and Russian army died in the entire Zarasai District and Turmantas neighbourhood. A cemetery for fallen soldiers of the 88th Infantry Division of the German Imperial Army was established here, in the former village of Bartkiske. A surviving pink granite monument was dedicated to the […]

It was one of the strongest support points of the German Kaiser’s Army, where the units of the 77th Infantry Reserve Division were located. This division was headquartered at the former Laukesas Manor on Lakesas Lake. The Germans had dug an underground cave from the rectory of the village of Smeline to their forward positions. […]