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Šv. Jokūbo kelias - Saulės mūšio vieta Traditional Cache

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Lobis iš ciklo "Šv. Jokūbo kelias". Šiaulių vyskupija, Joniškio rajonas. This cache is one of the cycles called "Šv. Jokūbo kelias" caches.

Šv. Jokūbo kelias – katalikų piligriminis kelias į Santjago de Kompostelos katedrą Ispanijoje, kur yra palaidotas šv. apaštalas Jokūbas. Nuo 2016 m. šis kelias vedą ir per Lietuvą penkiais skirtingais maršrutais. Gero kelio (buen Camino) ieškant Šv. Jokūbo kelyje paslėptų geolobių! El Camino de Santiago de Compostela, also known as St. James's Way, is the name of a pilgrim way, leading to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain). Since 2016 this way also goes through Lithuania and has 5 different routes. Good luck (buen Camino) searching for geocaches on the Way!

Saulės mūšis (Šiaulių mūšis) įvyko 1236 m. rugsėjo 22 d. tarp Žemaičių ir į Žemaitiją įsiveržusios Kalavijuočių ordino kariuomenės.

Mūšis vyko netoli dabartinio Šiaulių miesto, pagal labiausiai pagrįstą hipotezę – Mūšos ir Tautinio santakoje (ties Jauniūnų kaimu, 6 km į Šiaurę nuo Meškuičių piliakalnio - dabar – Kryžių Kalnas. Joniškio raj.).
Eiliuotoji Livonijos kronika nurodo, kad mūšis įvyko, kalavijuočiams grįžtant nuo Soule, Vartbergės Livonijos kronika rašo, kad mūšis vyko in terram Sauleorum.

Kalavijuočių ordinas, vadovaujamas magistro Folkvino (Volquin) iš Naumburgo, tuo metu turėjo sunkumų dėl sumažėjusių pajamų ir karinių pajėgų stygiaus. 1236 m. Folkvinas, remiamas Pskovo kunigaikščio, suorganizavo žygį į Žemaitiją.


Žygyje taip pat dalyvavo grafai Teodorikas fon Hazeldorfas ir Heinrichas fon Danenbergas, su savo kariuomenėmis atvykę Popiežiui Grigaliui IX 1236 m. vasario 19 d. paskelbus kryžiaus žygį prieš Lietuvą. Su ~3000 žmonių užpuolė žemaičių kunigaikščio Vykinto žemes apie Laukuvą. Netikėtai užpuolę, jie paėmė nemaža grobio ir patraukė namo.

Kalavijuočiams ir jų talkininkams grįžtant, prie upės brastos jie sutiko Žemaitijos karius. Nenorėdami rizikuoti ir prarasti savo žirgus pelkėtoje vietovėje kryžininkai atsisakė kovoti ne raiti ir žygio dalyviai buvo priversti pasilikti nakvynei. Kitą rytą žemaičiai, vadovaujami žemaičių kunigaikščio Vykinto, puolė kalavijuočius. Lengvai ginkluoti kalavijuočių vadovaujami vietiniai Livonijos kariai pabėgo iš mūšio lauko, o sunkiai ginkluoti riteriai, įskaitant magistrą, buvo išžudyti.

Po šio mūšio Kalavijuočių ordinas 1237 m. buvo įjungtas į Teutonų ordiną.

[EN] The Battle of Saule (Lithuanian: Saulės mūšis or Šiaulių mūšis; German: Schlacht von Schaulen; Latvian: Saules kauja) was fought on September 22, 1236, between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and pagan Samogitians. Between 48 and 60 knights were killed, including the Livonian Master, Volkwin. It was the earliest large-scale defeat suffered by the orders in Baltic lands. The Sword-Brothers, the first Catholic military order established in the Baltic lands, was soundly defeated and its remnants accepted incorporation into the Teutonic Order in 1237. The battle inspired rebellions among the Curonians, Semigallians, Selonians, Oeselians, tribes previously conquered by the Sword-Brothers. Some thirty years' worth of conquests on the left bank of Daugava were lost. To commemorate the battle, in 2000 the Lithuanian and Latvian parliaments declared September 22 to be the Day of Baltic Unity. The Sword-Brothers were established in 1202 in Riga to conquer and convert pagan Baltic tribes to Christianity. By the 1230s under the leadership of Master Volkwin, the Order was coping with strained financial resources, decreasing manpower, and ill reputation. The Order was in conflict with the papacy under Pope Gregory IX and the Holy Roman Emperor, two of its biggest supporters, over Estonia. However, on February 19, 1236, Pope Gregory IX issued a papal bull declaring a crusade against Lithuania. Volkwin targeted Samogitia, planning to conquer the coast of the Baltic Sea and connect with the Teutonic Knights in Prussia. The Sword-Brothers wanted to keep expanding along the Daugava River and was somewhat reluctant to march against Samogitia.[6] In fall of 1236 a party of crusaders arrived from Holstein; it demanded to be led into a battle. Volkwin gathered a large war party, which included troops from Pskov Republic, Livonians, Latgallians, Estonians. The knights marched southward into Samogitia, raiding and plundering local settlements. The locals had only a few days to gather troops for defense. On the knights' northward return, however, they encountered a determined group of Samogitians at a river crossing. Unwilling to risk losing their horses in the swampland, the Holsteiners refused to fight on foot, forcing the knights to camp for the night. The next morning, on the day of Saint Maurice, the main pagan forces, possibly led by Duke Vykintas, arrived at the camp. The Lithuanian light cavalry flung javelins at short range, which were highly effective against the unwieldy Livonian heavy cavalry. The swampy terrain was advantageous for lightly armed pagans. The slaughter of the Christian troops, including Volkwin, sowed the seeds of confusion in the Livonian ranks. The lightly armed native forces under the command of the Brothers soon fled from the battle. Those crusaders and knights who tried to flee to Riga were allegedly killed by the Semigallians. The exact location where the battle took place is unknown. The Chronicum Livoniae by Hermann de Wartberge mentioned that the battle was fought in terram Sauleorum. Traditionally, this was identified with Šiauliai (German: Schaulen, Latvian: Šauļi) in Lithuania or with the small town of Vecsaule near Bauska in what is today southern Latvia. In 1965 the German historian Friedrich Benninghoven proposed Jauniūnai village in Joniškis district, Lithuania as the battle site. The theory gained some academic support and in 2010 the Lithuanian government sponsored construction of the memorial in Jauniūnai – a 29-metre (95 ft) tall sundial, a pond, and a park of oaks. The village of Pamūšis, situated some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Janiūnai on the Mūša River, also claims to be the location of the battle. Saule/Saulė means "the Sun" in both Latvian and Lithuanian. Free counters!

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