Landeswehr. Balti Landesver
I Maailmasõda ja iseseisvumine

See asub Carnikava pargi edelanurgas Jūrase tänava ja Nākotnese tänava ristumiskohas kahe tamme vahel.

Graniitmonument 12 karnekalasele, kes tapsid Saksa Landeswehri üksused 1919. aasta kevadel väidetavalt "punase rühma" külastamise eest.

Lielstraupe loss asub keset Straupet. Loss on külastajatele avatud ja pakub ajarännakut läbi sajandite koos orienteerumisülesandega lossi labürintides. Võnnu lahingu ajal asus Lielstraupe lossis Rauddiviisi (saksa keeles Eiserne Division) Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleisti lahingugrupi komandopunkt. Lahingu ajal külastasid lossi major Josef Bischoff, kapten Heinz Guderian ja teised. Lossist juhiti Stalbe-suunalist rünnakut 21.–22. juunil 1919. Rauddiviis oli Läti Vabadussõja ajal Saksa palgasõdurite väeosa, mis moodustati demobiliseeritud Saksa Keisririigi 8. armee sõduritest ja vabatahtlikest palgasõduritest. See oli Saksa vabakorpuse tuntuim üksus ning 1919. aastal üks kõige paremini väljaõpetatud ja võitlusvõimelisemaid sõjaväeosasid Lätis. Nõukogude võimu perioodil tegutses aastatel 1949–1959 mõisalossis Lielstraupe masina- ja traktorijaama juhatus. Sel ajal seati lossi sisse õpperuumid ja traktoristide ühiselamu; töökojad asusid kunagises mõisatallis. Aastatel 1963–2018 tegutsesid lossis meditsiiniasutused ning Straupe narkoloogilise haigla kohta tavatseti Lätis rääkida, et siin ravitakse isegi seinu. 

Jõululahingu mälestuspark ja -muuseum asub Jelgava piirkonnas Valgunde vallas Mangaļi talukohas. Muuseum on Läti Sõjamuuseumi filiaal, see avati 2005. aastal ja see asub piirkonnas, kus toimus Jõululahing. Lahingupaikades on ikka veel säilinud ainulaadsed Esimese maailmasõja aegsed kaitserajatised. Muuseumis eksponeeritakse lahinguväljalt leitud esemeid. Vabaõhuekspositsioon tutvustab rekonstrueeritud kaitserajatisi. Muuseumi ümbruses asuvad turismimarsruudid ja õpperajad. Esimese maailmasõja aegsete kaitserajatiste vabaõhuekspositsioon ja siseväljapanekud on külastajatele avatud iga päev. Ložmetējkalnsi ümbrusest võib endiselt leida ainulaadseid tõendeid Esimese maailmasõja aegsetest kaitserajatistest. Seal asub 27 m kõrgune vaatetorn, kust avaneb panoraamvaade piirkonnale, kus toimus Jõululahing, mis on tõenäoliselt kõige tuntum ja dramaatilisem Esimese maailmasõja sündmus Lätis. Sellel on eriline koht Läti sõja- ja kultuuriajaloos. Jõululahingut seostatakse peamiselt Läti küttide rünnakuga Saksa armee üksuste vastu äärmiselt rasketes ja ebasoodsates oludes. See oli ainulaadne olukord, kus suurt lahinguoperatsiooni alustati ilma suurtükiväe toetuseta.

Atroadas, Inčukalns, Atmodas Street 2.

On July 3, 2016, a monument to the first battle for Latvia's independence, dedicated to the Latvian National Guard (Die Lettländische Landeswehr), was unveiled. sides. Eižens Upmanis, the chairman of the Brothers' Cemetery Committee, concluded at the time that this could be the historically first monument to the combined Latvian and Baltic forces in the battle memorials outside the cemetery. At that time, Lieutenant Colonel Oskars Kalpaks was appointed commander of the Latvian units of the Latvian National Guard or Landesver, from whose units the later Latvian army grew and formed during the Freedom Fights.

In 1918, the entire territory of present-day Latvia had fallen into the hands of the German Empire and its troops. However, at the end of the summer and autumn of 1918, the situation began to end badly for Germany, and it was clear that it was only a matter of time before Germany would be forced to concede defeat in World War I. The Russian Empire, which included Latvia before World War I, had ceased to exist earlier, with the revolutions of February and October 1917. On November 18, 1918, the Republic of Latvia was proclaimed. After the ceasefire with the Entente on November 11, 1918, the German army, which was on the territory of Latvia, was no longer motivated for further warfare, and most of its soldiers simply wanted to return home.

Under such circumstances, it was clear that Latvia's defense depended primarily on the national guard formed by the people of Latvia. Initially, due to their education and relatively greater ability to self-organize, the greatest initiative in creating such a national guard was shown by the Baltic Germans living in Latvia. Russian soldiers also joined the National Guard. In order to ensure the supply of the National Guard with uniforms, weapons and other necessary resources, on December 7, 1918, the Provisional Government of Latvia entered into an agreement with the German representative August Vinnig, providing for the provision of the National Guard from the German army reserves in Latvia. This agreement stated, among other things, that the National Guard, officially known as the Latvian National Guard or in German, the die Lettländische Landeswehr, would be the armed forces of the Republic of Latvia.

Two soldiers of the Latvian Red Rifle Regiment (ie approximately 2,000 to 3,000 soldiers) who had previously experienced in World War I and the Russian Civil War faced the Latvian National Guard. Despite the experience and numerical superiority of the Red Army, the Latvian National Guard held Inčukalns for two days in fierce fighting, until finally, in the evening of January 1, 1919, to avoid siege, was forced to retire, losing 43 dead and several wounded, most of whom was taken captive by the Bolsheviks, where they were killed or died of starvation or disease.

Author: Artis Buks. Material: Boulder. The monument is made of large monolithic stone, which was found in Rolls near Jelgava.

The Colonel Oskars Kalpaks family memorial in Liepsalas is located in the area between Madona and Lake Lubāns. Liepsalas is Kalpaks’ childhood home. The memorial site was established here in 1997 based on the ideas and using the resources of the colonel’s niece, Ārija Kalpaks-Grundmane (1922-2006). The site consists of various environmental objects and stone sculptures with a symbolic meaning, signifying Latvian ethical and patriotic values. The largest building houses an exhibit dedicated to the history of the Latvian War of Independence and the 22 years of Latvian freedom (1918-1940). Located in the Visagals graveyard, the monument to Oskars Kalpaks, created by Kārlis Zāle and Arnolds Dzirkals, was unveiled in 1927. The monument consists of a composition of three figures, in the centre of which is an ancient Latvian warrior holding a shield and a sword, with a falling soldier on each side. Placed obliquely on a granite base, a bronze plaque at the foot of the sculptural group contains engraved text, including a poem, dedicated to Kalpaks, by Edvards Virza. Oskars Kalpaks died on 6 March 1919 near Airītes, by the road from Skrunda to Saldus.

Located in Drabešu parish, Cēsis region, near the recreation place "Meža kaujas".

There is a railway bridge over Amata.

The railway bridge over Amata played a very important role throughout the War of Independence, because on June 5, 1919, the first battle of the Estonian army's armed trains with the Baltic Landesver units took place here. Landeswehr, knowing that an armed train was approaching, nominated a railway bridge and took a position at the Amatas home on the river bank, ready for possible warfare. The bridge over Amata was the border between Estonian forces and the Germans.
Historical evidence of the events at the Amata Bridge has not been preserved. As Latvians did not take part in these events, there are no narratives of their memories, there are memories from Estonian soldiers and other sources. It can be said that this was an Estonian-American joint battle against the Landeswehr, because there was an American officer on the Estonian armored train, who later fought in World War II as well. In general, many future World War II officers and commanders took part in the battles of Cēsis, especially on the German side.

The Estonian armed train arrived in Cēsis on June 2, 1919, a day later went to Ieriķi, where talks took place with the landlord, which was unsuccessful, and on June 5, when the armed train approached the Amata bridge again, a collision with the Germans began. A day later, the armed train also took part in the battles near Cēsis, where it helped the soldiers of the Pupils' Company who were threatened with siege. Although the Germans tried to dismantle the rails to cut off the train's retreat, it managed to retreat across the Rauna bridge.

On the night of June 23, 1919, during the battles of Cēsis, the landesver left Cēsis and retreated to the Amata river line. When they retreated, the Germans burned down the house of the Cēsis Latvian Society and blew up a bridge over Amata.

Located in the Central Cemetery of Valmiera, near the chapel (Miera Street 1/3, Valmiera)

A soldier of the 8th (Skolnieki) company of the Cēsi regiment, LKOK Edgars Krieviņš (1899-1919), died on June 7 from injuries sustained in the battles of Cēsi on June 6, 1919, when he covered the retreat of the rest of the units when the Landsweer attacked.

The Latvian War Museum is located in the Old Town not far from the Freedom Monument in a historic defence building called the ‘Powder Tower’. There are 11 exhibits in the museum. There are various weapons, documents, uniforms, awards, badges and other items detailing the everyday life of a soldier in war. The Latvian War Museum is one of the oldest museums in Latvia. Its origins can be found in World War I. Museum’s collection was made up mainly of personal items of soldiers or items found on battlefields. After Latvia gained its independence the main goal of the museum became to create an exposition on the military history of Latvia and the active role of the population in protecting their land. In 1937 the museum was expanded and was technically one of the most modern museums in Europe at that time. The Powder Tower was one of the fortification towers of Riga. Some evidence dates back to 1330 where it has been mentioned as the ‘Sand Tower’. The tower was destroyed in 1621 when Riga was besieged by the Swedish Army. But in 1650 a new tower for storing gunpowder and weapons was built. After the city’s fortifications were taken down, the Powder Tower remains as one of the most important pieces of evidence of the Riga defence system.