Nemenčinė

Nemenčinė
City

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Coordinates: 54°51′0″N 25°29′0″E / 54.85000°N 25.48333°E / 54.85000; 25.48333Coordinates: 54°51′0″N 25°29′0″E / 54.85000°N 25.48333°E / 54.85000; 25.48333
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
County Vilnius County
Municipality Vilnius district municipality
Eldership Nemenčinė eldership
Capital of Nemenčinė eldership
First mentioned 14th century
Granted city rights 1955
Population (2011 Census)
 • Total 5,054
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Nemenčinė ( pronunciation , see names section for alternate and historic names) is a city in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania, it is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Vilnius.

Names

Nemenčinė is the original name of the city reflected in historical documents and still in use today.[1] It derives from a Lithuanian word referring to the river Nemenčia.[1] Other versions of the name include Niemenczyn in Polish, Неменчын in Belarusian, Неменчине (or Нямянчине) in Russian, Nementschine in German and Nementchin (נעמענטשין) in Yiddish.

History

In 1387, following the Christianization of Lithuania, Jogaila established the first Christian parish in Nemenčinė and built a church there.

On September 20, 1941, 403 Jews from the city were massacred in a mass execution. 128 men, 186 women and 99 children were shot by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian Nazis.[2] Today, there is a memorial on the execution site.

Ethnic composition

The ethnic composition of Nemenčinė is as follows:[3]

Total population in 2011 – 5054

International partnership

Nemenčinė is twinned with three towns in Poland: Węgorzewo (Ungura), Ełk (Lukas) and Suwałki (Suvalkai). It also has a partnership agreement with Poland's West Pomeranian Voivodeship, signed in Vilnius on 19 June 2009.[4]

People

  • Zdzisław Balicki, Polish Sejm deputy
  • Miroslava Ritskiavitchius, Lithuanian handball player that represented Germany at 1996 Olympics

References

  1. 1 2 A. Vanagas. Lietuvios miestų vardai. p.151-152
  2. ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/181/
  3. ↑ Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of Republic of Lithuania Archived 1 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego - Współpraca Międzynarodowa
Sculpture of Mary at the center of the city


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