Svėdasai is a
town in
Utena County
Utena County ( lt, Utenos Apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the country's most sparsely populated county. The capital and the largest city in the county is Utena, which is from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. On 1 July 201 ...
in the northern part of
Lithuania
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, bearing a name from a nearby
Lake Svėdasas
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.
History
The name according to
Kazimieras Būga is of
Selonian origin.
History of Svėdasai
In July 1941, 245 to 386 people were murdered in a mass execution near Svėdasai most must have been Jews.
Gallery
Image:N.Sansonas d'Abbevillis, Lietuvos dalies žemėlapis 1665 m., Vilkmergės pavietas.png, Svėdasai (''Swiadosci'') marked in Nicolas Sanson
Nicolas Sanson (20 December 1600 – 7 July 1667) was a French cartographer who served under two kings in matters of geography. He has been called the "father of French cartography."
Life and work
He was born of an old Picard family of Sco ...
map (1665)
Image:Svėdasų Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bažnyčia.jpg, St. Michael the Archangel Church
Image:Svėdasai, gimnazija.JPG, Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas
Juozas Tumas also known by the pen name Vaižgantas (20 September 1869 – 29 April 1933) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and an activist during the Lithuanian National Revival. He was a prolific writer, editor of nine periodicals, univers ...
gymnasium
Image:Alaušas001.JPG, Alaušas lake
References
Towns in Lithuania
Towns in Utena County
Vilkomirsky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Lithuania
Anykščiai District Municipality
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