Svėdasai
Svėdasai (Polish: Świadoście) is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.
Svėdasai | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Svėdasai Location of Svėdasai | |
| Coordinates: 55°40′0″N 25°22′0″E | |
| Country |  |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  |
| Municipality | Anykščiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Svėdasai eldership |
| Capital of | Svėdasai eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 884 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
The name according to Kazimieras Būga is of Selonian origin.[1] In July 1941, 245 to 386 people were murdered in a mass execution near Svėdasai most must have been Jews.[2]
Gallery
Svėdasai (Swiadosci) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
St. Michael the Archangel Church
Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium
Alaušas lake
References
- (in Lithuanian) History of Svėdasai Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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