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Kruostas
The Kruostas is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It originates near Alksnėnai village and goes through agriculture fields passing Žilvičiai, Šlapaberžė, Beržai, Daškoniai. The lower course goes through a deep valley beside Vaidatoniai hillfort. This area is Kruostas botanic sanctuary. The river meets the Nevėžis from the right side near Urbeliai village. Vaidatoniai pond is on the Kruostas river. The name ''Kruostas'' derives from Lithuanian word ''kruostas'' or ''skruostas'' ('cheek, eyelash, eyebrow An eyebrow is an area of short hairs above each eye that follows the shape of the lower margin of the brow ridges of some mammals. In humans, eyebrows serve two main functions: first, communication through facial expression, and second, prevent ...'), further from ''skrosti, skersti'' ('to slice, to butcher'). References Rivers of Lithuania Kėdainiai District Municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kruostas Botanic Sanctuary
The Kruostas is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It originates near Alksnėnai village and goes through agriculture fields passing Žilvičiai, Šlapaberžė, Beržai, Daškoniai. The lower course goes through a deep valley beside Vaidatoniai hillfort. This area is Kruostas botanic sanctuary. The river meets the Nevėžis from the right side near Urbeliai village. Vaidatoniai pond is on the Kruostas river. The name ''Kruostas'' derives from Lithuanian word ''kruostas'' or ''skruostas'' ('cheek, eyelash, eyebrow An eyebrow is an area of short hairs above each eye that follows the shape of the lower margin of the brow ridges of some mammals. In humans, eyebrows serve two main functions: first, communication through facial expression, and second, prevent ...'), further from ''skrosti, skersti'' ('to slice, to butcher'). References Rivers of Lithuania Kėdainiai District Municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skaudinis
The Skaudinis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It originates next to Puodžiai village, 1.5 km from Šlapaberžė, then flows across the Kalnaberžė Forest, then reaches the Kruostas The Kruostas is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It originates near Alksnėnai village and goes through agriculture fields passing Žilvičiai, Šlapaberžė ... river from the left side, forming a deep valley. By the Skaudinis and Kruostas confluence Vaidatoniai hillfort is located. The river passes through Puodžiai, Vaidatoniai and Mociūnai villages. The name ''Skaudinis'' comes from Lithuanian ''skaudus'' or ''skaudrus'' ('swift, torrential, hasty, pungent'). References Rivers of Lithuania Kėdainiai District Municipality {{Lithuania-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urbeliai
Urbeliai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 5 people. It is located 1.5 km from Sirutiškis, by the regional road 25px Kėdainiai-Krekenava-Panevėžys, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river, next to its tributary Kruostas The Kruostas is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It originates near Alksnėnai village and goes through agriculture fields passing Žilvičiai, Šlapaberžė ... mouth. There was former hydroelectric power plant (now in ruins) on the Nevėžis near Urbeliai. Demography Images Urbeliai001.jpg, Urbeliai by the road to the power plant Urbeliai001.JPG, Urbeliai by the road to Vaidatoniai Kruosto jėgainė.JPG, Former "Kruostas" power plant on the Nevėžis References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania.Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania 2014 p. 12 It is the second longest river in Lithuania, after the Šventoji, that flows exclusively within its borders. Its is in the , and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alksnėnai, Gudžiūnai
Alksnėnai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 113 people. It is located by the Kruostas river. There is a former school. During Soviet era Alksnėnai was a subsidiary settlement of the "Nemunas" ''kolkhoz''. Demography Gallery Alksnėnai2.JPG, Village panorama Alksnėnai, bendruomenės namai.JPG, Community house and Vytautas Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great ( Lithuanian: ', be, Вітаўт, ''Vitaŭt'', pl, Witold Kiejstutowicz, ''Witold Aleksander'' or ''Witold Wielki'' Ruthenian: ''Vitovt'', Latin: ''Alexander Vitoldus'', O ... monument References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šlapaberžė
Šlapaberžė (formerly pl, Szłapoburże, Szłapoberże, Szłapoberż, Szłapobierże, Ludwików, russian: Шлапоберже) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 616 people. The village is located by the Kruostas river, 7 km from Akademija. There is the Catholic church of Christ, a former manor with a park, a wayside chapel. History Šlapaberžė was mentioned by the first time in 1371, when it came under the Teutonic Order ride. At the 18th century it was a royal village. During the Soviet era Šlapaberžė was a ''kolkhoz'' and ''selsovet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...'' center. There was an agriculture school. left, 245px, Šlapaberžė ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaidatoniai
Vaidatoniai (formerly pl, Wojdotany, russian: Войдатаны) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 53 people. It is located 7 km from Kėdainiai, by the Kruostas The Kruostas is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It originates near Alksnėnai village and goes through agriculture fields passing Žilvičiai, Šlapaberžė ... river, nearby the Kalnaberžė Forest. There are a cemetery, former school in Vaidatoniai, also a hillfort next to Mociūnai village. History At the end of the 19th century Vaidatoniai was a property of Dotnuva Manor. Demography Images Vaidatonių kaimas.JPG, Vaidatoniai from the South Vaidatonių kapinės.JPG, Vaidatoniai cemetery Vaidatonių buv. mokykla.JPG, Former school Vaidatonių piliakalnis.JPG, Vaidatoniai hillfort References Villages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daškoniai
Daškoniai (formerly pl, Daszkańce, russian: Дашканцы) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 13 people. It is located 4 km from Kėdainiai, 2 km from Sirutiškis by the Kruostas river. There is one of the main cemeteries of Kėdainiai in the area of Daškoniai village. History At the beginning of the 20th century, Daškoniai was an ''okolica In Poland and Lithuania okolica szlachecka or akalica (in Lithuanian) is a kind of estate village (''neighbourhood of the nobility''), or a complex of several villages of the same first part of the name and different second part. In the past, it was ...''. Demography Images Daškoniai1.JPG, Daškoniai cemetery Daškoniai2.JPG, Pine trees by the cemetery References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beržai
Beržai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is located by the Kruostas river and Vaidatoniai pond, 4 km from Dotnuva Dotnuva (formerly pl, Datnów, russian: Датновъ, Датново, Датнов, german: Dotnau) is a small town with a 2003 population of 775 in central Lithuania, 10 km northwest of Kėdainiai, in the Kėdainiai district municipality. .... According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 214 people. There is an ancient burial place in Beržai. Demography References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žilvičiai, Kėdainiai
Žilvičiai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 48 people. It is located 3 km from Mantviliškis, by the Kruostas river. Žilvičiai village was established in 1926, after the Grużewski's ''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 ...s'' of Liubomislis and Zofijava had been parcelated. Demography References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties ( Lithuanian: singular ''apskritis'', plural ''apskritys''), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular ''savivaldybė'', plural .... It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished. Symbols The county's coat of arms can be blazoned as follows: ''Gules, an aurochs head caboshed argent ensigned by a cross Or between his horns enclosed by a bordure purpure charged with ten evenly distributed crosses of Lorraine Or.'' The flag's heraldic blazon is identical, since the flag is a banner of the arms. Municipalities The county is subdivided into municipalities: References External linksSocial and demographic characteristics of Kaunas County [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
