Kurkliai

Kurkliai
Town
Community House

Coat of arms
Kurkliai
Coordinates: 55°24′40″N 25°04′00″E / 55.41111°N 25.06667°E / 55.41111; 25.06667Coordinates: 55°24′40″N 25°04′00″E / 55.41111°N 25.06667°E / 55.41111; 25.06667
Country  Lithuania
County Utena County
Municipality Anykščiai
Population (2011)
 • Total 374
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Kurkliai is a town in Anykščiai district municipality, in Utena County, in northeast Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 374 people.[1] Center of eldership. In town there is Anykščiai Regional Park.

History

The town had an important Jewish community before World War II. Jews of the town shared the fate of the Jews of Ukmerge and of the surroundings, who were massacred in a mass execution in the Pivonija forest on September 5, 1941.[2] An old wooden synagogue is still standing[3][4]

Education

  • Kurkliai primary school

Famous citizens

References

  1. ↑ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00567d.html
  3. ↑ http://www.jewisheritage.org/web/european-routes/wooden-synagogues/19
  4. ↑ http://www.hagalil.com/archiv/2005/06/lithuania.htm


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