Paberžė ('a place by the birch forest', formerly russian: Поберже, pl, Podbrzezie) 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 18 people. It is located by the

Liaudė The Liaudė is a river in central Lithuania, flowing through Kėdainiai district municipality, Radviliškis district municipality and Panevėžys district municipality. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is the right tributary of the Nevė� ...

and

Nykis The Nykis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Liaudė. It originates in Balsiai forest and goes to the east, meeting the Liaudė in Paberžė, Kėdainiai, Paberžė villa ...

confluence, 32 km 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 ...

. Surroundings of Paberžė are declared as Paberžė landscape sanctuary. There are wooden Catholic church of St. Mary, former Paberžė manor (now the Museum of Uprising), rebels' burial ground.

History

In the 18th century Paberžė belonged to nobleman Schilling. He have build a wooden church and manor in the village. After the January Uprising Paberžė was transferred to Russian officer Tikheev.Paberžė // ''Paberžės krašto smulkioji tautosaka''. Kėdainių rajono savivaldybės Švietimo skyrius, 1997

Demography

Notable people

Antanas Mackevičius Antanas Mackevičius ( pl, Antoni Mackiewicz; 26 June 1828 – 28 December 1863) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest who was one of the leaders and initiators of the Uprising of 1863 in Lithuania. Mackevičius was born to a family of pett ...

, priest who served in the Paberžė church and was one of the main local organizers of the January Uprising. * Algirdas Mykolas Dobrovolskis, known as father Stanislovas, priest who served in the Paberžė church at the end of the 20th century. He was a prominent religious figure during late Soviet era. * Liucija Sereikaitė-Juozonienė, physicist.

Images

Paberžės varpinė.JPG, Paberžė church belltower Paberžės muziejus.JPG, Museum (former manor) Paberžės sukilėlių kapai.JPG, Burial ground of the January Upraise rebels Paberžės (Kėdainių r.) kapinės.JPG, Cemetery

References

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