Girkalnis Explained

Girkalnis
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lithuania
Coordinates:55.3111°N 23.2028°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Samogitia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Kaunas County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Raseiniai district municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Girkalnis eldership
Subdivision Type5:Capital of
Subdivision Name5:Girkalnis eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:877
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Girkalnis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 877.[1]

History

From July to September 1941, about 1,000 Jews from Raseiniai, Betygala and Girkalnis were massacred in the city. Those mass executions were done by Germans and local policemen[2] in the context of Shoah by bullets.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 census. Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). August 15, 2017.
  2. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania.