Aukštdvaris ('high manor', formerly russian: Высокий Двор, pl, Wysoki Dwór) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in

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 ...

, in central

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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 126 people. It is located from

Čekiškė Čekiškė is a small town in 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''), al ...

, on the watershed of the

Dubysa Dubysa, at 131 km, is the 15th List of rivers of Lithuania, longest river solely in Lithuania. It originates just a few kilometers from Lake Rėkyva near Šiauliai city. At first it flows south, but at Lyduvėnai turns southeast and near Ar ...

, Nevėžis and

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rivers.

History

Bracelets of the 3rd-4th centuries has been found nearby Aukštdvaris. On

17 March Events Pre-1600 *45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eig ...

1863 Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims t ...

there was 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 ...

insurgents and Tsarist army. There was the Aukštdvaris manor. It belonged to the Jelenski family, then since 1805 to the Belozior, and then to the Podbereski. In 1877 a wheel and cart making factory was opened in the manor. During the Soviet era it was a subsidiary settlement of the "Oak" '' kolkhoz''.

Demography

left, 255px, Aukštdvaris view from Langakiai side

References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub