Ažuožeriai (or Užuožeriai) is a village in

Anykščiai district municipality Anykščiai (; see #Name, other names) is a ski resort city in Lithuania, west of Utena, Lithuania, Utena. The Roman Catholic Church of St. Matthias in Anykščiai is the tallest church in Lithuania, with spires measuring in height. Anykščia ...

, in

Utena County Utena County () is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the country's most sparsely populated county. The capital and the largest city in the county is Utena, which is from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. On 1 July 2010, the county admini ...

, in northeast

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 ...

. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 383 people. Prevailing agricultural branch of local farming is gardening. Surroundings feature wood carvings commemorating spot of writer A. Vienuolis' native homestead and his creative folk heroes of stargazer Šmukštaras, drowned myrmidon Veronika. Nearby- Ilgis Lake,

Šventoji River Šventoji (literally: feminine gender of ''the holy'') can refer to these objects in Lithuania: * Šventoji River, 246-kilometer long tributary of Neris * Šventoji River (Baltic), 73-kilometer long tributary of the Baltic Sea *Šventoji, Lithuania ...

, Queen's Quagmire, Brother of Puntukas Stone.

Famous villagers

Antanas Vienuolis Antanas Vienuolis (born Antanas Žukauskas; 7 April 1882 — 17 August 1957) was a Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists. Biography Vienuolis was born on April 7, 1882, in Ažuožeriai, Anykščiai Di ...

(1882–1957), writer * Janina Cibienė (1932–2003), writer

References

Anykščiai District Municipality Villages in Utena County {{UtenaCounty-geo-stub