The town in Prussia
was a gathering place for peasants from nearby Samogitia and curonian and prussian fishermen from
Ruß (Rusnė),
Karkeln (Karklė),
Nidden (Nida),
and Sarkau (Lesnoye).
Next to the inn a church of Werden (Verdainė) was built in 1550.
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SKALVIAI - RUSNĖ -
It may be possible that the name of the Kingdom Rus derives from the Scalovian town of Ruß.
The history of Scalovian Rusnė Ecclesiastical missions have been verified since 960.
St. Adalbert-Vaitiekus (997) and St. Bonifaz-Bruno (1009) were martyred in Scalovia.
... It may be possible that the name of the Kingdom Rus derives from the Scalovian town of Ruß. The history of Scalovian Rusnė and Denmark are quite connected, Scalovia was ruled by Denmark at times. The Scalovian town Jomsberg , also called Jumpne, Iumne, Witlandie and Windland was mentioned between 974 and 1043 in the Danish “Annales Lundenses”.
This disappeared town must have had a harbour at the Curonian Lagoon.
Ragnit was the center of Scalovia.
Peter von Dusburg told about a wooden castle which could not be conquered by force or starvation because the inhabitants of the stronghold had put in an artificial lake, stocked with fish. The conquerors had to burn down the castle.
Scalovia was subjugated in 1277 by the Teutonic Knights.
In the chronicles of the Knights were mentioned the nobles Sarecka (Sareikā), Surbantas, Svirdotas and Surdota
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