Medekšiai (formerly russian: Медекши, pl, Medeksze) is a village in

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 ...

, 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 Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 184 people. It is located from

Kėdainiai 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 ...

, by the Šerkšnys river, alongside the

Jonava Jonava ( ; pl, Janów; german: Janau) is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of . It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas Interna ...

Šeduva Šeduva () is a List of cities in Lithuania, city in the Radviliškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located east of Radviliškis. Šeduva was an agricultural town dealing in cereals, flax and linseed, pigs and geese and horses, at th ...

(KK144) road. A

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waste dump of "

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" fertilizer factory is located next to Medekšiai.

History

Medekšiai has been known since the 15th century. King Jogaila presented the village to a certain ''Proszczy'' whose nickname was ''Medekša''. Pranciškus Medekša, a judge of Kovensky Uyezd, had been native of this family. In the end of the 19th century Medekšiai was a property of the Geištarai. Činkiai village and Slabadėlė ''

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 ...

'' belonged to the Medekšiai Manor. During the Soviet era, Medekšiai was a subsidiary settlement of the "Spike" ''

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''.

Demography

Images

Medekšiai.JPG, Medekšiai from Nociūnai side Medekšiai paminklas.JPG, A monument to the forefathers of poet

Justinas Marcinkevičius Justinas Marcinkevičius (10 March 1930 – 16 February 2011) was a prominent Lithuanian poet and playwright. Life and career Marcinkevičius was born in 1930 in Važatkiemis, Prienai District. In 1954, he graduated from the Faculty of His ...

Lifosos kalnai2.JPG, "

" phosphogypsum "mountains"

References

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