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Pilvė
Pilvė is a river in Lithuania. It is the right tributary of the Šešupė. It begins in the Kaunas district, in the marshes southeast of Ežerėlis. It flows southwest through Prienai district, and Kazlų Rūda municipality through the . It meanders sharply. In the lower reaches it flows west, flowing through the Vilkaviškis district. It flows into the Šešupė at Pilviškiai (153 km from the mouth of the Šešupė). Tributaries: left: Kunigupis, Didžiupis, Plaušinė, Meškinė, Vabalkšnė; right: Bartupė, Rūdupis. The stretch between and belongs to the . The name literally means "sludge, algae".Aleksandras Vanagas. Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas. – Vilnius: Mokslas, 1981. References {{coord, 54.7166, 23.2216, format=dms, display=title, region:LT_type:river Rivers of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilvė Pilviškiuose
Pilvė is a river in Lithuania. It is the right tributary of the Šešupė. It begins in the Kaunas district, in the marshes southeast of Ežerėlis. It flows southwest through Prienai district, and Kazlų Rūda municipality through the . It meanders sharply. In the lower reaches it flows west, flowing through the Vilkaviškis district. It flows into the Šešupė at Pilviškiai Pilviškiai (, ''Pilveshok'') is a town in Vilkaviškis district municipality and in Marijampolė County History In the Jewish world, it was notable for being the first rabbinic post held by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, who married and soon ... (153 km from the mouth of the Šešupė). Tributaries: left: Kunigupis, Didžiupis, Plaušinė, Meškinė, Vabalkšnė; right: Bartupė, Rūdupis. The stretch between and belongs to the . The name literally means "sludge, algae".Aleksandras Vanagas. Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas. – Vilnius: Mokslas, 1981. References {{coord, 54.7166, 23. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šešupė
The Šešupė (); ; ; ) is a 298 km long riverŠešupė ''VLE'' that flows through Poland (27 km), Lithuania (158 km), and Russia (62 km). The river flows for 51 km along the Lithuania–Russia border, border between the Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia, and Lithuania. The Šešupė originates near the Polish town of Szeszupka, about 16 km from the Polish-Lithuanian border, and flows into the Neman River, Nemunas, near the town of Neman (town), Neman, on the border between Lithuania and Kaliningrad Oblast. Major towns and cities along the river, from the Nemunas to the source, are: Kudirkos Naumiestis, Pilviškiai, Marijampolė, and Kalvarija, Lithuania, Kalvarija. There are parts of Kaliningrad and Lithuania that are on the opposite side of the river, including a small island that is mostly Russian but has an area belonging to Lithuania. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ežerėlis
Ežerėlis (; literally: ''little lake'') is a town in Kaunas County, Lithuania. It is located west of Kaunas city municipality Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun .... It is a fairly new settlement as it started developing only in 1918 when a peat digging enterprise was established in the Ežerėlis Bog. According to the census of 1923, it had 132 residents. In 1959 the town reached the population of 2,200 and remained fairly stable since then. Cities in Lithuania Cities in Kaunas County {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prienai District
Prienai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It was a member of the European Union-wide town twinning association Douzelage Douzelage is a town twinning association with one town from each of the member states of the European Union and the United Kingdom. Name The name is a portmanteau of the French words "douze" for twelve and "jumelage" for twinning and stands for t ... from 2008 to 2018. References Prienai District Municipality Municipalities of Lithuania {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazlų Rūda Municipality
Kazlų Rūda 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 Kazlų Rūda Municipality is divided into 4 elderships: References * Municipalities of Lithuania {{MarijampolėCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilkaviškis District
Vilkaviškis () is a city in southwestern Lithuania, the administrative center of the Vilkaviškis District Municipality. It is located northwest from Marijampolė, at the confluence of and rivers. The city got its name from the Vilkauja River. Initially named ''Vilkaujiškis'', the name was later changed to an easier-to-pronounce form, ''Vilkaviškis''. Until 1941, the city had a large Jewish community, which was killed by the German military and their local collaborators. This is the city from which the 2016 cost-of-living Cauliflower Revolution originated. It is the capital of Vilkaviškis District Municipality, Vilkaviškis city eldership, and Šeimena eldership. Names The names of the city as it is called or was formerly called in other languages spoken by non-Lithuanian ethnic groups which have lived or live in or around the town include: ; ; . Other spelling variants include ''Vilkavishkis'' and ''Wilkowyszki''. History The city was granted city rights in 166 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilviškiai
Pilviškiai (, ''Pilveshok'') is a town in Vilkaviškis district municipality and in Marijampolė County History In the Jewish world, it was notable for being the first rabbinic post held by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, who married and soon after divorced the daughter of the town's previous rabbi. In August 1941, the Jewish men of Pilviškiai district were shot. The mass murder was perpetrated by an ''Einsatzgruppe'' of Germans and Pilviškiai self-defence police unit. The victims were about 300 to 350 Jewish men and several dozen Soviet activists (including a group of girls from the Communist Youth organization). Gallery File:PilviskiaiCOAold.jpg, Old coat of arms File:Pilviskiai railway station.jpg, Railway station File:Pilviškiai1.JPG File:Pilviškių metodistų bažnyčia.JPG, Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
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