The historical name was preserved by Pieštvė, a small rivulet that flows by the hill into the Neman, and Peštvėnai, a former village located about 2 km (1.2 mi) north of Seredžius.

[2] The following year, three Teutonic brothers raided near the fortress, took an entire herd of cattle and 70 people as slaves back to Prussia.

[2] In February 1322, Pieštvė was attacked by a large Teutonic force, reinforced by guest crusaders from Western Europe.

[2] In 1336, after the victory at Pilėnai, the Teutons started building a fortress on Romainiai Island in the Neman between Pieštvė and Junigeda.

[3] The next year, many European knights, including Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria and nobles from Burgundy and Piedmont, arrived for the crusade.

[3] In February 1345, a large army of many European royals—King John of Bohemia with his son Charles, King Louis I of Hungary, William II, Count of Hainaut, Günther von Schwarzburg, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, Henry II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg—approached Pieštvė and Junigeda but received false reports of a Lithuanian raid towards Königsberg and rushed back to defend it.

[3] In fact, the Lithuanians attacked in the opposite direction towards Livonia destroying Tērvete, burning Mitau outer bailey, and looting areas around Sigulda and Turaida.

[3] Pieštvė remained a major Lithuanian fortress as evidenced by Teutonic relief when they managed to quietly bypass it on their 1348 raid to environs of Ariogala.

[3] In 1357, Pieštvė was threatened by a crusader army from France, England, Nuremberg but instead the invaders decided to attack Junigeda where they were defeated.

The loss of these defensive outposts along the Neman River was a major setback for the Lithuanians and signified a period of most intense Teutonic attacks.