Bajėnai I (''Bajėnai 1st'', formerly , )
[ is a village in ]Kėdainiai district municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...
, in Kaunas County
Kaunas County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
Symbols
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, in central Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 29 people.[ It is located from Skaistgiriai, by the Kriaušiupys rivulet, nearby the road 25px ]Aristava
Aristava (formerly ''Lukšiakaimis'', , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 489 people. It is located from Kėdainiai, next to th ...
-Kėdainiai
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...
- Cinkiškiai.
History
A fragment of an ancient stone axe
Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age. Stone tools may be made of either ground stone or knapped stone, the latter fashioned by a c ...
has been found in Bajėnai I.[ The Bajėnai Manor is known since the end of the 16th century. In the 19th century, it belonged to the ]Tyszkiewicz family
The House of Tyszkiewicz (, singular: , , singular: , , singular: , , singular: , , singular: ) was a wealthy and influential Polish-Lithuanian (adjective), Polish-Lithuanian magnate family of Ruthenians, Ruthenian origin, with roots traced to t ...
[ and later to the ]Jesuits
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. They have created a dairy and vegetable farm in Bajėnai.[
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Demography
Images
Bajėnai I, kelias.JPG, A street of the village
Bajėnai I, stulpas.JPG, A commemorative roofed pole
Roofed pole or roofed pillar (, plural: ''stogastulpiai'', from ''stogas'' – 'roof' and ''stulpas'' – 'pole, pillar') is a traditional Lithuanian wooden shrine. They may have anywhere between one and three layers of stylized roofs. Roofed pole ...
to the exiled villagers from Bajėnai I
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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