| Ginkūnai | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Coordinates: | 55.9561°N 23.3581°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ginkūnai |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Šiauliai County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Šiauliai District Municipality |
| Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
| Subdivision Name4: | Ginkūnai Eldership |
| Subdivision Type5: | Capital of |
| Subdivision Name5: | Ginkūnai Eldership |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Population Total: | 2,901 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Ginkūnai is a village located in Šiauliai District Municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania. The village is located on the northeastern border of Šiauliai and the western shore of the Ginkūnai Lake (the lake is part of Šiauliai). Ginkūnai has a school, post office and library. There are also two agricultural cooperatives.
In 1792, Catherine the Great gifted, state land with more than 13,000 serfs, to her favorite Platon Zubov. He then purchased Ginkūnai (six peasant houses, 24 men and 18 women serfs, an inn, windmill, and permit to use the lake) for 5,600 Dutch daalders in 1805. The family established the Ginkūnai Manor, which became the administrative center of the estates around it. Zubovs supported the Lithuanian National Revival and opened a secret Lithuanian school in 1896 in violation of the Lithuanian press ban. Zubov's descendants continued to own Ginkūnai until 1940 when the property was nationalized after the Soviet occupation.[1]
At the beginning of the 20th century, a freethinker's cemetery was established, which in 1966 became Šiauliai cemetery. During the Soviet times, the settlement became a centre of the local gardening-oriented sovkhoz.[2]
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