Plinkaigalis Explained

Official Name:Plinkaigalis
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:Krakės Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:319
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:55.4139°N 23.6611°W

Plinkaigalis (formerly Russian: Плинтагола, Polish: Plintagoła) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 319 people. It is located from Krakės, along the Krakės-Betygala road, on the right bank of the Šušvė river, on the shore of the Plinkaigalis Lake.

There is the Plinkaigalis hillfort on the confluence of the Šušvė and Žiedupė. Also an ancient burial place with rich grave goods had been found nearby.

History

Plinkaigalis village is known since 1595. In 1632 eleven families lived here and six in 1662. During the 18th century the village once had been deserted but later repopulated as the Krakės manor settlement. During the Soviet era it was a kolkhoz center.