Sirutiškis is a village in
Kėdainiai district municipality, 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
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. 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
Babėnai (formerly pl, Bobiany, russian: Бабяны) is a northern part of the Kėdainiai city, located in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It is between the Nevėžis and Dotnuvėlė rivers, by the roa ...
), on the right bank of the Nevėžis river, nearby its tributary Baltupis mouth. The regional road 25px Kėdainiai-Krekenava
Krekenava ( pl, Krakinów; yi, קרקינובה, Krakinova) is a town (population 1,375) in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania, on the bank of Nevėžis.
History
From 1409 it was the center of Upytė poviat, the first woode ...
- Panevėžys runs through the village.
There are a manor palace with a park, library, gravel
Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally throughout the world as a result of sedimentary and erosive geologic processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone.
Gravel is classifi ...
pit in Sirutiškis.
History
The name ''Sirutiškis'' comes from Simonas Sirutis, who was a castellan
A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant o ...
of Vitebsk and around 1760
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas.
* January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the Fr ...
had the Sirutiškis manor as an own property. At the 19th century, the manor was a property of the Komarowski family.
Demography
Images
Sirutiškis3.JPG, Former manor property in Sirutiškis
Sirutiškis1.JPG, Kutiškiai ancient cemetery on the edge of Sirutiškis
Sirutiškio dvaras 1.JPG, Sirutiškis manor
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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