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Ažytė
The Ažytė is a river of Raseiniai district municipality and Kėdainiai district municipality, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Šušvė river. It flows for 20 kilometres and has a basin area of 98 km². It originates near Betygala town and flows mostly eastwards. It meets Šušvė near Antkalnis village. The river valley is 10 depth. The river channel is canalized in the upper course. Its width is 6–7 meters, depth 0.5–0.6 meters. Rapidness of the flow is 0.1 meters per second. The Ažytė runs through Barsukinė, Lenčiai, Ažytėnai, Antkalnis Antkalnis ('a place on a hill') is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 11 people. It is located from Krakės, from Ažytėnai, at th ... villages. Its name possibly comes from the Lithuanian word ''ežia'' ('a boundary'). left, 240px, Ažytė next to Antkalnis village References River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ažytėnai
Ažytėnai (formerly pl, Ożytany, russian: Ожетаны, Ожитаны) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 239 people. It is located from Krakės, by the Ažytė river and its tributary Ažytėlė. There are library, school, medicine station, agriculture cooperative. Ažytėnai is famous for being a living place of Lithuanian writer, agronomist Mikalojus Katkus (1852–1944). His house now is a memorial museum. History On 1 April 1863 a big battle of the January Uprising occurred between Ažytėnai and Lenčiai villages. About 600 insurgents, led by Bolesław Kajetan Kolyszko, Bolesław Roman Dłuski and K. Ciszkewicz had confronted Russian imperial army. In 1910 the first school was opened in Ažytėnai. During the Soviet era, Ažytėnai was a ''kolkhoz'' center and between 1950 and 1963 a ''selsovet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ažytė Ties Antkalniu
The Ažytė is a river of Raseiniai district municipality and Kėdainiai district municipality, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Šušvė river. It flows for 20 kilometres and has a basin area of 98 km². It originates near Betygala town and flows mostly eastwards. It meets Šušvė near Antkalnis village. The river valley is 10 depth. The river channel is canalized in the upper course. Its width is 6–7 meters, depth 0.5–0.6 meters. Rapidness of the flow is 0.1 meters per second. The Ažytė runs through Barsukinė, Lenčiai, Ažytėnai, Antkalnis Antkalnis ('a place on a hill') is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 11 people. It is located from Krakės, from Ažytėnai, at th ... villages. Its name possibly comes from the Lithuanian word ''ežia'' ('a boundary'). left, 240px, Ažytė next to Antkalnis village References Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antkalnis
Antkalnis ('a place on a hill') is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 11 people. It is located from Krakės, from Ažytėnai, at the confluence of the Šušvė and Ažytė rivers, in front of Barkūniškis village. Formerly it was a ''folwark ''Folwark''; german: Vorwerk; uk, Фільварок; ''Filwarok''; be, Фальварак; ''Falwarak''; lt, Palivarkas is a Polish word for a primarily serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of ''latifundium''), often very ...''. Demography Images Ažytė ties Antkalniu.JPG, The bridge over the Ažytė in Antkalnis References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šušvė
Šušvė is a river in central Lithuania, a right (the longest) tributary of the Nevėžis river. It begins in Kelmė district municipality, 6 km (4 mi) southeast from Tytuvėnai. The river passes through Tytuvėnai and Sulinkiai Marshes and flows south through Radviliškis district municipality. Finally, Šušvė passes through Kėdainiai district municipality and flows into the Nevėžis near Graužiai village. The width of the river valley is between 0.5 and 3 km. From December to March Šušvė is usually frozen. Dams were built at Vaitiekūnai and Angiriai ( Angiriai Reservoir). The Šušvė Hydrological Sanctuary was established in 1992 to protect the lower courses of the river. The main towns and villages by the Šušvė river are Šiaulėnai, Pašušvys (Radviliškis municipality), Grinkiškis, Vaitiekūnai, Pašušvys (Kėdainiai municipality), Angiriai, Josvainiai Josvainiai (formerly pl, Jaswojnie, russian: link=no, Ясвойни, Ясвой ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenčiai, Kėdainiai
Lenčiai (formerly russian: Ленчи, pl, Lencze) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 18 people. It is located from Ažytėnai village, by the Ažytė river. History Lenčiai village is known since 1578. A big battle between the January Uprising The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at ... resurgents and Tsarist army occurred here on 1 April 1863. Demography Notable people * Mykolas Kuprevičius (1864–1932), Lithuanian publicist, entographer born in Lenčiai; * Mikalojus Katkus (1852–1944), Lithuanian writer, agronomist, buried in the Lenčiai cemetery. References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raseiniai District Municipality
Raseiniai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania .... Symbols Coat of arms: ''A traditional Iberic shield Argent, resting on a base Vert a lynx salient Proper.'' References Municipalities of Kaunas County Municipalities of Lithuania {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to the 17th century. The city is the administrative centre of the Kėdainiai District Municipality. The geographical centre of the Lithuanian Republic is in the nearby village of Ruoščiai, located in the eldership of Dotnuva. Names The city has been known by other names: ''Kiejdany'' in Polish, ''Keidan'' (קיידאן) in Yiddish, and ''Kedahnen'' in German. Kėdainiai other alternate forms include Kidan, Kaidan, Keidany, Keydan, Kiedamjzeÿ ("j" /e/), Kuidany, and Kidainiai. History The area was the site of several battles during "The Deluge", the 17th century war between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden. In 1655 a short-lived treaty with Sweden, the Union of Kėdainiai, was signed by two members of Radziwiłł family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betygala
Betygala is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 488. In the 13th and 14th centuries the town had a noted Samogitan fortress, attacked by the Teutonic Knights numerous time. One of the first churches in Lithuania was built in the town. Mikalojus Daukša Mikalojus Daukša (other possible spellings include ''Mikalojus Daugsza'', pl, Mikołaj Dauksza and ''Mikolay Dowksza''; after 1527 – February 16, 1613 in Medininkai) was a Lithuanian and Latin religious writer, translator and a Catholic churc ... was the parish pastor from 1592 to 1603. References Towns in Lithuania Towns in Kaunas County Kovensky Uyezd {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarybų Lietuvos Enciklopedija
''Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija'' or TLE (translation: ''Encyclopedia of Soviet Lithuania'') was an encyclopedia of the Lithuanian SSR, covering topics such as archaeology, history, nature, science, cultural heritage, cities, districts, biographies of famous people and politics, but only as they relate to Lithuania. It was published in four volumes between 1985 and 1988 in Vilnius. It was derived from the 12-volume ''Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija Lithuanian encyclopedias are encyclopedias published in the Lithuanian language or encyclopedias about Lithuania and Lithuania-related topics. The first known attempt to create a Lithuanian encyclopedia was in 1883, when Jonas Jacevičius failed t ...'' but TLE did not cover general areas such as technology, biology, pharmacology, chemistry, medicine, mathematics and others. Volumes * Volume 1: A–Grūdas, 1985 * Volume 2: Grūdas–Marvelis, 1986 * Volume 3: Masaitis–Simno, 1987 * Volume 4: Simno–Žvorūnė, 1988 Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Lithuania
Rivers of Lithuania are typical lowland rivers: they are slow, they make meanders, the valleys are wide. Because of abundant precipitation, the river net is dense: on the average 0.99 km of rivers flow in 1 km² of the territory. Fishery Country Profile, of the United Nations, May 2005. Accessed June 9, 2006. However, the rivers are not evenly distributed. The highest density is in the n Highlands where it rains more often and in the northern Lithuania where the soil has clay and it does n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
