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Kaišiadorys District Municipality
Kaišiadorys District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P .... Elderships Kaišiadorys District Municipality is divided into 11 elderships: References External links Žasliai Web PageŽasliai is in Kaišiadorys District Municipalities of Lithuania {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Lithuania
__NOTOC__ Lithuania is divided into three levels of administrative division of Lithuania, administrative divisions. The first-level division consists of Counties of Lithuania, 10 counties (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: singular – ''apskritis'', plural – ''apskritys''). These are sub-divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: plural – ''savivaldybės'', singular – ''savivaldybė''), which in turn are further sub-divided into over 500 smaller groups, known as elderships of Lithuania, elderships (Lithuanian: plural – ''seniūnijos'', singular – ''seniūnija''). At the end of its tenure as a Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania's administrative divisions consisted of 44 regions, 12 cities, 80 towns, 19 settlements, and 426 rural districts. The reform of this system was an immediate concern for the new government. The Constitution of Lithuania, ratified in 1992, delegated the power of establishing future administrative units to the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas). Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet (government)
A cabinet in governing is a group of people with the constitutional or legal task to rule a country or state, or advise a head of state, usually from the executive branch. Their members are known as ministers and secretaries and they are often appointed by either heads of state or government. Cabinets are typically the body responsible for the day-to-day management of the government and response to sudden events, whereas the legislative and judicial branches work in a measured pace, in sessions according to lengthy procedures. The function of a cabinet varies: in some countries, it is a collegiate decision-making body with collective responsibility, while in others it may function either as a purely advisory body or an assisting institution to a decision-making head of state or head of government. In some countries, particularly those that use a parliamentary system (e.g., the United Kingdom), the cabinet collectively decides the government's direction, especially in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravieniškės
Pravieniškės is a village in central Lithuania. Prior to 2016, there were two villages, separated by the river, known as Pravieniškės I (old village and railroad station) and Pravieniškės II (prison). Effective 26 October 2016, the two villages were merged into one. According to the 2021 census, the combined village had a population of 3,165. The village is known as the location of Pravieniškės Prison, the largest in Lithuania. During the German occupation of Lithuania during World War II, German occupation of Lithuania, the prison was one of the sub-camps of the Kaunas concentration camp and the location of several mass executions of inmates. Geography Pravieniškės is situated along the river (right tributary of the Neman River). It is located about east of Kaunas and west of Kaišiadorys. The village is surrounded by a forest that spans and is part of the larger Gaižiūnai Forest. The village also has peat deposits that measure about . History One flint and two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kruonis
Kruonis (, , ''Kron'') is a small town, located east of Kaunas, in Kaunas County, central Lithuania. The name of Kruonis comes from a small creek ''Kruonė''. In 2011 it had a population of 661. The center of Kruonis is a state-protected urbanistic monument. The only in the Baltic States Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant (the KPSP) is situated north of Kruonis. Each year a music festival ''Renesanso naktys Kruonyje'' (''The Nights of Renaissance in Kruonis'') takes place in the church where the classical music of the composers of 16th-17th centuries being performed. History In the 15th century, a small settlement started to establish itself around the Kruonis' manor of the Grand Duke of Lithuania. The first church was built in Kruonis by Kazimieras Jogailaitis in 1472. It was built in the Catholic cemetery, using wood. Current Catholic church is located in the building which was built as a Uniate church in 1626 by the colonel of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, distinguished in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaišiadorys COA
Kaišiadorys (; Yiddish: קאָשעדאַר) is a city in central Lithuania. It is situated between Vilnius and Kaunas. Kaišiadorys is one of six Lithuanian diocese centres. It is home to the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ built in 1932. The Lithuanian Veterinary Institute is located there. Etymology The name of the town was first mentioned in the written sources in 1590. It is believed to originate from the name of a nobleman ''Chašaidaras'', an ethnic Tatar, who was enlisted to the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army in 1565. In the area of the present day town, the nobleman had some land and a mansion, referred to by his name, which later became the name of the settlement. History The city expanded when a railroad connecting Vilnius with Liepāja was built in 1871. During the First World War, the town was occupied by the Germans in 1915, and it became the capital of an administrative unit for the first time. In 1919 the first train departed from Kaišiadorys to Radvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
