Skaudvilė | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Skaudvilė |
Coordinates: | 55.4075°N 22.5825°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Samogitia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Tauragė County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Tauragė district municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name4: | Skaudvilė eldership |
Subdivision Type6: | Capital of |
Subdivision Name6: | Skaudvilė eldership |
Established Date: | 1760 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date2: | 1950 |
Established Title2: | Granted city rights |
Population Total: | 1,410 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Skaudvilė (Samogitian: Skaudvėlė) is a town in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located 26km (16miles) north-east of Tauragė.
During World War II, the town was under Soviet occupation from 1940, and then under German occupation from 1941 to 1944. In August 1941, the Jewish community of the town was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe. 300 Jews were killed.[1]