Grinkiškis

Grinkiškis (Polish: Grynkiszki, Yiddish: גרינקישאָק‎, Grinkishok) is a town in the Radviliškis District Municipality in Šiauliai County, Lithuania. It is situated on the Šušvė River. It is the seat of an eldership. According to the 2011 census, the town had population of 678.[1]

Church in Grinkiškis
Grinkiškis
town
Coat of arms
Grinkiškis
Location of Grinkiškis
Coordinates: 55°33′20″N 23°38′00″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
CountyŠiauliai County
MunicipalityRadviliškis District Municipality
EldershipGrinkiškis Eldership
Capital ofGrinkiškis Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total678
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The town was first mentioned in 1454 and soon became property of the Gatavičius family. Krzysztof Gatavičius, thankful for his military achievements, built a church in 1618.[2] The present church was built in 1875.

In 1999, coat of arms of Grinkiškis were approved by a presidential decree. The coat of arms depict a golden angel on one knee, who holds a silver lily with three blooms. The angel was borrowed from one of the two surviving crosses in town's cemetery, made by 19th-century dievdirbys Vincas Svirskis.[3] The lily, a symbol of purity and innocence, represents Blessed Virgin Mary – patron of the town and namesake of its church.[3]

References
  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  2. Kviklys, Bronius (1965). Mūsų Lietuva (in Lithuanian). II. Boston: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 422. OCLC 3303503.
  3. Rimša, Edmundas (2004). Lietuvos heraldika II (in Lithuanian). Baltos lankos. p. 80. ISBN 9955-584-69-6.
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