Antalieptė

Antalieptė
Town

Coat of arms
Antalieptė
Location of Antalieptė, Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°39′40″N 25°52′01″E / 55.66111°N 25.86694°E / 55.66111; 25.86694Coordinates: 55°39′40″N 25°52′01″E / 55.66111°N 25.86694°E / 55.66111; 25.86694
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
Town Utena County
Municipality Zarasai district municipality
First mentioned 1897
Population (2011)
  Total 278
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website http://www.antaliepte.lt

Antalieptė [anˈtaːlʲɛpteː] is a small town in Zarasai district municipality, near road Duseta–Daugailiai, on Šventoji riverhead, right coast.

Antalieptė has a main school, mail (LT-32013). In Šventoji valley there is Antalieptė Cross Discovery church, also there was Antalieptė barefoot carmelits monastery. Antalieptė has House of Culture, library (from 1941), water mill (built 1855 from broken and round rocks, red bricks and lime; mill was working until 1966).

History

According to the 1897 census, 85.5% of the population of the town was Jewish. The Jews immigrated before World War II or were murdered during the Holocaust in Nazi occupied Lithuania by both Germans and Lithuanians[1]. [2]

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