Zhyrmuny (; ; ; ) is an
agrotown in
Voranava District,
Grodno Region,
Belarus
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. It serves as the administrative center of Zhyrmuny rural council (''
selsoviet
A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings:
*The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area.
*The territorial subdivision administered ...
'').
It is located from the
border with Lithuania.
History
The place is first mentioned in chronicles of the 15th century when it was the property of the
Butrym family. In 1437, a church was established by the merchant Wojciech Kuciuk. In 1513, it became the property of
Field Hetman Jerzy Radziwiłł
Jerzy RadziwiÅ‚Å‚ (; 1480 – April 1541), nicknamed "Herkules", was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman.
He was Deputy Cup-Bearer of Lithuania from 1510, voivode of Kiev Voivodeship from 1510, Field Hetman of Lithuania in 1521, castellan of ...
. In the 17th century, it was transferred to the Zawisza family, and in 1624, Jan Zawisza built a new church which burned down in the middle of the century. In the early 18th century, the village reverted to the Radziwiłłs and was granted
town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...
by Polish king
August II
Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the H ...
. In 1788, another church was established, the St. Cross Church, which was designed by Jan Podczaszyński, father of the famous Polish architect
Karol Podczaszyński, who was also born in the village. This church survives to this day.
See also
*
Žirmūnai
Žirmūnai () is the most populous administrative division ( elderate) in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s.
Žirmūnai's history has b ...
, a district of
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...
Notes
References
Agrotowns in Belarus
Populated places in Grodno region
Voranava district
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