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Šventežeris
Šventežeris (literally: ''sacred lake'') is a small town in Alytus County in southern Lithuania. As of 2011, it had a population of 295. It is situated some east of Lazdijai on the banks of Lake Šventežeris. The town traces its history to Jerzy Radziwiłł, castellan of Trakai, who distributed land to his serfs. His heirs built a Calvinist church in 1598 and turned the town into a parish seat. Samuel Bogusław Chyliński (1631–1668), son of a Protestant priest and first translator of the Bible into the Lithuanian language Lithuanian (, ) is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic languages, Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of t ... whose translation was put to print, was born in the town. According to inventory of 1650, Šventežeris had a market square and 78 resident families. However, it suffered during the Second Northern War (1 ...
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Lazdijai District Municipality
Lazdijai District Municipality () is a municipality in Alytus County, Lithuania. Seniūnijos (Elderships or Wards) The Lazdijai district municipality contains 14 ''seniūnijos'' (in English: elderships of Lithuania, elderships or ward (country subdivision), wards); the main town or village is listed for each. # – # – Kapčiamiestis # – Krosna # – # – Lazdijai # – Lazdijai # – # – Seirijai # – Šeštokai # – # – Šventežeris # – # – Veisiejai # – Veisiejai Population by locality *Status: M, MST - city, town / K, GST - village / VS - steading References

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