birch
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trees', 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
The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...
, in central
Lithuania
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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 324 people. It is located between
Surviliškis
Surviliškis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, 18 km from Kėdainiai, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. In 2011 it had a population of 351. There are wooden Catholic church of Jesus (built in 1791), wooden chapel ...
(6 km) and Sirutiškis (5 km), on the right bank of the
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis (; ) is the List of rivers of Lithuania, sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Neman (river), Nemunas. The long Nevėžis flows entirely within Lithuania.Kruostas II there is Kalnaberžė hillfort. There is library, old cemetery, former school and medicine station in the village. Kalnaberžė manor (now in ruins) is famous of being a childhood vacation place for Russian minister
Pyotr Stolypin
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( rus, Пётр Аркадьевич Столыпин, p=pʲɵtr ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ stɐˈlɨpʲɪn; – ) was a Russian statesman who served as the third Prime Minister of Russia, prime minister and the Ministry ...
.
History
Kalnaberžė (as ''Calleberze'') was mentioned the first time in
1371
Year 1371 ( MCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January – Edward, the Black Prince, gives up the administration of Aquitaine and returns to England, because of hi ...
by
Hermann von Wartberge
Hermann von Wartberge (died ca. 1380) was a chronicler of the Livonian Order. Born in Westphalia, Wartberge was a Catholic priest and author of the valuable Latin chronicle ''Chronicon Livoniale'' covering the history of the Livonian Crusade from ...
as Teutonic ride devastated this place. Kalnaberžė manor is known from the 16th century. It belonged to the
Radziwiłł family
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, later to the
Czapski family
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. After the
January Uprising
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it was transferred to the Koshelevski and later to the Stolypin family. At the end of the 19th century there was a wooden chapel.
During the Interwar period, the manor was nationalized and became a child detention colony, and since 1949 till 1959 was a children home. During the Soviet era, Kalnaberžė was a ''
kolkhoz
A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...
Kalnaberze003.JPG, Dispensary
Kalnaberžės sen. kapinės.JPG, Ancient cemetery
Kalnaberžės piliakalnis 1.JPG, Kalnaberžė hillfort
Kalnaberžės dvaras1.JPG, Kalnaberžė manor (in 2011)