Pėdžiai (formerly russian: Пядзи, pl, Piadzie)
[ 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 th ...
, 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
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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 80 people.[ It is located from Nociūnai, by the ]Barupė
The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis.
The Barupė river starts next to Žin ...
river, between the roads "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 Internat ...
-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) and A8. There is a cemetery and a pond.
History
Pėdžiai (as ''Pedins'') has been mentioned the first time 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 ...
in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order. Later, it have been mentioned in ''Die Littauischen Wegeberichte
''Die Littauischen Wegeberichte'' (German for ''Lithuanian route report'') is a compilation of 100 routes into the western Grand Duchy of Lithuania prepared by the Teutonic Knights in 1384–1402. The Knights waged the Lithuanian Crusade to convert ...
''.[
In the beginning of the 20th century Pedžiai was an '']okolica In Poland and Lithuania okolica szlachecka or akalica (in Lithuanian) is a kind of estate village (''neighbourhood of the nobility''), or a complex of several villages of the same first part of the name and different second part. In the past, it was ...
'' (a property of the Noreikiai, Abakevičiai, Paulavičiai, Rimavičiai, Jurevičiai families).[
A part of Pėdžiai village was in Jonava District Municipality ( Pėdžiai, Jonava).
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Demography
Images
Pėdžių kapinės.JPG, Pėdžiai cemetery
Pėdžių tvenkinys.JPG, A pond in the village
Laukai už Pėdžių.JPG, Pėdžiai surroundings
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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