Krekenava ( pl, Krakinów; yi, קרקינובה, Krakinova) is a town (population 1,375) in
Panevėžys district municipality
Panevėžys (; Latin: ''Panevezen''; pl, Poniewież; yi, פּאָנעװעזש, ''Ponevezh''; see also other names) is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2011, it occupied with 113,653 inhabitants. As defined by Eurostat, the populatio ...
in northern
Lithuania, on the bank of
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.[Vytautas the Great
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 ...]
in 1419. Nearby Krekanava is a birthplace of the painter
Roman Szwoynicki (1845–1915).
In July and August 1941, an
Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists massacred the Jewish residents of the town, about 50 grownups and 60 children. Along with Jews they also shot so-called Communists and Soviet activists, in all about 190 people.
The massacre took place in a ditch between the old and new cemeteries.
Economy
1975 is a year of beginning of JSC “Krekenavos Agrofirma” activities, a company which employs over 900 people. “Krekenavos agrofirma” allocates its investments for the two priority fields – improvement of the quality of its activities, and production expansion.
Gallery
Image:Akmenine tvora prie namo.jpg, Stone wall near a house
Image:Lithuania Krekenava Church.jpg, Church
Image:Laipteliai_i_baznycia.JPG, Stairs to the church
Image:Krekenavai 600.jpg, Krekenava 600 year jubilee
Image:Namas_sodu_gatveje.jpg, Old house in Sodų st.
Image:Nevezis ziema.JPG , Nevėžis (river) in winter
Image:Krekenavos pusynas.jpg, Stage in the pine forest
Image:Uztvanka.jpg, Dam
Image:Varnakalnio pradzia.jpg, Road to Varnakalnis
Image:Varnakalnio skardis.jpg, Scarp in Varnakalnis
Image:Skardis Varnakalnyje 2.jpg, Varnakalnis
Image:Girinio takas.jpg, "Girinio" road
References
External links
About "Krekenavos Agrofirma"
Towns in Lithuania
Towns in Panevėžys County
Ponevezhsky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Lithuania
Panevėžys District Municipality
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