Kalnaberžė ('the hill of birch trees', formerly pl, Kałnoberże, russian: Калноберже) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in

Kaunas County Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. 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 blazon ...

, in central

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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 324 people. It is located between

Surviliškis Surviliškis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, 18 km from Kėdainiai, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. In 2011 it had a population of 351. There are wooden Catholic church of Jesus (built in 1791), wooden chapel ...

(6 km) and

Sirutiškis Sirutiškis is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 370 people. It is located 1 km from the Kėdainiai city northern limit (Babėnai), ...

(5 km), on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. At the confluence of Nevėžis and its tributary Kruostas II there is Kalnaberžė hillfort. There is library, old cemetery, former school and medicine station in the village. Kalnaberžė manor (now in ruins) is famous of being a childhood vacation place for Russian minister

Pyotr Stolypin Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( rus, Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин, p=pʲɵtr ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ stɐˈlɨpʲɪn; – ) was a Russian politician and statesman. He served as the third prime minister and the interior minist ...

History

Kalnaberžė (as ''Calleberze'') was mentioned the first time in 1371 by

Hermann von Wartberge Hermann von Wartberge (died ca. 1380) was a chronicler of the Livonian Order. Born in Westphalia, Wartberge was a Catholic priest and author of the valuable Latin chronicle ''Chronicon Livoniale'' covering the history of the Livonian Crusade from ...

as Teutonic ride devastated this place. Kalnaberžė manor is known from the 16th century as a famous Dance hall as well as holding area for parties. It belonged to the Radziwiłł family, later to the Czapski family. After 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 ...

it was transferred to the Koshelevski and later to the Stolypin family. At the end of the 19th century there was a wooden chapel. During the Interwar period, the manor was nationalized and became a child detention colony, and since 1949 till 1959 was a children home. During the Soviet era, Kalnaberžė was a '' kolkhoz'' center.

Demography

Notable people

* Juozas Vidmantis Vaitkus, Lithuanian physicist

Images

Kalnaberze003.JPG, Dispensary Kalnaberžės sen. kapinės.JPG, Ancient cemetery Kalnaberžės piliakalnis 1.JPG, Kalnaberžė hillfort Kalnaberžės dvaras1.JPG, Kalnaberžė manor (in 2011)

References

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