Kazlų Rūda () is a city in the Marijampole County in southern

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 ...

. It is located north from

Marijampolė Marijampolė (; also known by Marijampolė#Names, several other names) is the Capital city, capital of Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The city's population stood ...

. The city is surrounded by forests, but a railway line crosses the city and divides it into almost equal parts. The former Soviet Army Kazlų Rūda airbase is northeast of Kazlų Rūda.

History

The settlement was founded by Polish Masurian grubbers. In the 19th century, iron was mined here and iron axes etc. were produced. During

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, it was occupied by

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. During

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, it was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940, by

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from 1941, and then once again by the Soviet Union from 1944.

Economy

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operates a manufacturing plant in the city.

Sport

* FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda football club; * FK Kazlų Rūda football club; * Kazlų Rūdos miesto stadionas (Stadium of Kazlų Rūda); * Sports center of Kazlų Rūda;

Twin towns – sister cities

Kazlų Rūda is twinned with six cities: *

Frombork Frombork (; ) is a town in northern Poland, situated on the Vistula Lagoon in Braniewo County, within Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 2,260. The town was first mentioned in a 13th-century document. In the ...

, Poland * Sondershausen, Germany * Lwówek, Poland * Koriukivka, Ukraine *

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, Poland * Gołdap, Poland

References

External links

Official website
Municipalities administrative centres of Lithuania Cities in Lithuania Cities in Marijampolė County {{MarijampolėCounty-geo-stub