Vilkyškiai (german: Willkischken) is a small town in

Tauragė County Tauragė County ( Lithuanian: ''Tauragės apskritis'') is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the west of the country, and its capital is Tauragė Tauragė (; see other names) is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of ...

, in western

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 town has a population of 666 people.

Notable residents

Albrecht Gustav von Manstein Albert Ehrenreich Gustav von Manstein (24 August 1805 in Willkischken – 11 May 1877 in Flensburg) was a Prussian general who served during the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. He was the adoptive grandfather of Erich von Mans ...

(1805-1877), German general * Oskar Brüsewitz (1929–1976), East German Lutheran pastor

References

Towns in Lithuania Towns in Tauragė County {{TauragėCounty-geo-stub