Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Official Name: | Stakliškės |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Stakliškės |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kaunas County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Elderate |
Subdivision Name4: | Stakliškės rural elderate |
Coordinates: | 54.5917°N 24.3194°W |
Subdivision Type6: | Capital of |
Established Date: | 1375 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date2: | 1792 |
Established Title2: | Granted city rights |
Population Total: | 562 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Stakliškės is a village in Lithuania, located east of Prienai, in Prienai district of Kaunas County on the Prienai-Trakai road. Stakliškės is a center of Stakliškės elderate. The famous type of Lithuanian mead, an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, honey and water is produced in Stakliškės. According to the 2011 census, the village had 747 residents.[1]
The place has been known since the end of the 14th century (in 1375 it was mentioned in the Teutonic Knights Chronicles as Staghelisken, in 1385 as Stakelisken). Since 1513 it was a town, and in 1586 the first church was built.
After reforms of the Great Sejm, on 16 January 1792 the monarch Stanisław August Poniatowski granted the town Magdeburg rights. At the time the city was awarded a coat of arms.
The current coat of arms was granted by presidential decree on 18 December 1997.