Official Name: | Aukštdvaris |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kėdainiai District Municipality#Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lithuania |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Kaunas County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kėdainiai district municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | Pernarava Eldership |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 126 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 55.1581°N 23.5889°W |
Aukštdvaris ('high manor', formerly ru|Высокий Двор, pl|Wysoki Dwór) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 126 people. It is located from Čekiškė, on the watershed of the Dubysa, Nevėžis and Neman rivers.
Bracelets of the 3rd-4th centuries has been found nearby Aukštdvaris. On 17 March, 1863 there was a big battle between the January Uprising insurgents and Tsarist army. There was the Aukštdvaris manor. It belonged to the Jelenski family, then since 1805 to the Belozior, and then to the Podbereski. In 1877 a wheel and cart making factory was opened in the manor.
During the Soviet era it was a subsidiary settlement of the "Oak" kolkhoz.