Official Name: | Krinčinas |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Label Position: | Location in Lithuania |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Panevėžys County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 461 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 56.0833°N 24.525°W |
Krinčinas (Polish: Kryniczyn) is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 461 people.[1]
On July 26, 1941, 21 Krincinas Jews were massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by Germans in the Zideiko Forest in Pasvalys.[2]