Antalieptė Explained

Antalieptė
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Antalieptė, Lithuania
Coordinates:55.6611°N 25.8669°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Aukštaitija
Subdivision Type2:Town
Subdivision Name2: Utena County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Zarasai district municipality
Established Date:1897
Established Title:First mentioned
Population Total:278
Population As Of:2011
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Website:http://www.antaliepte.lt

Antalieptė (in Lithuanian pronounced as /anˈtaːlʲɛpteː/) (Polish: Antolepty) is a small town in Zarasai district municipality, near the Duseta–Daugailiai road and the right bank of the Šventoji riverhead. The town is also 4 km from the village of Zabičiūnai.

Antalieptė has a secondary school and post office (postode: LT-32013). In Šventoji valley there is the Antalieptė Cross Discovery church, also there was Antalieptė Discalced Carmelites monastery. Antalieptė also has House of Culture, library (from 1941) and a water mill (built 1855 from broken and round rocks, red bricks and lime; mill was working until 1966).

History

According to the 1897 census, 85.5% of the population of the town was Jewish. The Jews immigrated before World War II or were murdered during the Holocaust in Nazi occupied Lithuania by both Germans and Lithuanians.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History | Virtual Shtetl. 24 August 2018. 24 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180824183355/https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/a/1896-antolepty/99-history/137025-history-of-community. dead.
  2. Web site: АНТОЛЕПТЕ — Российская Еврейская Энциклопедия. rujen.ru. 18 March 2023.