Nyenschanz

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Museum model of the ski jump
Map of Nyenschanz from 1698, the Haseninsel is the first small elongated island downstream

Nyenschanz ( Swedish Nyenskans; Russian Ниеншанц, Nijenschánz ) was a Swedish fortress in Ingermanland in today's Russia. It was built in 1611 and was located on the lower Neva at the mouth of the Ochta tributary in today's Saint Petersburg district of Malaya Ochta, Krasnogwardeiski district .

After it was conquered by Pyotr Potjomkin in the Second Northern War in 1656 , it finally came into Russian hands in the Great Northern War in 1703 . Tsar Peter I had the town of Nyen and the redoubt burned down after the conquest on May 1st. The fortress was completely demolished under the supervision of Carl Ewald von Rönne , who was appointed commandant . Just two weeks after the conquest, construction of the Peter and Paul Fortress began on Rabbit Island in the Neva Delta . But only with the victory in the decisive battle of Poltava in 1709 could Peter I be sure that he would be able to hold the conquered territories. In 1710 he took Estonia and Livonia. In the Peace of Nystad in 1721, the Northern War ended and Sweden ceded Ingermanland , Karelia to Vyborg , Estonia and Livonia to Russia . This secured the area around St. Petersburg over a large area. Today there are no more buildings above ground. Only the foundations are reminiscent of the fortress.

literature

  • Санкт-Петербург. Петроград. Ленинград. Энциклопедический справочник. Большая Российская энциклопедия, Москва 1992, ISBN 5-85270-037-1 (Russian).

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Coordinates: 59 ° 56 ′ 39 ″  N , 30 ° 24 ′ 25.1 ″  E