Žeimiai Explained

Žeimiai
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lithuania
Coordinates:55.1806°N 24.2222°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Aukštaitija
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Kaunas County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Jonava district municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Žeimiai Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:860
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Žeimiai (Polish: Żejmy) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania the center of the Žeimiai Eldership. As of 2011 it had a population of 860.[1]

History

Before the Holocaust, the town had a Jewish population who were murdered in 1941 in mass executions perpetrated an einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanian collaborators.[2] [3]

Polish architect Wacław Michniewicz, who was responsible for designing many buildings in Lithuania, designed the church in the town, and was buried in the churchyard there in 1947.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 census . Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania) . August 2, 2017.
  2. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania. holocaustatlas.lt. 2017-07-15.
  3. Web site: המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם. yadvashem.org. 2017-07-15.
  4. Web site: Balbus . Tomasz . 2023-12-18 . Wacław Michniewicz, architekt i inżynier miejski – Kurier Wileński . 2024-01-10 . kurierwilenski.lt . pl-PL.