Lentvaris

Lentvaris
	Lentvaris
	— City —
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	Coordinates: 54°39′0″N 25°4′0″E / 54.65°N 25.06667°E
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
County	Vilnius County
Municipality	Trakai district municipality
Eldership	Lentvaris eldership
Capital of	Lentvaris eldership
First mentioned	17th century
Granted city rights	1946
	Population (2005)
- Total	11,832
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

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Lentvaris ( pronunciation (help·info), Polish: Landwarów) is a city in eastern Lithuania, 9 km east form Trakai, an important center of transportation, because many roads and railroads cross here. Lake Lentvaris is located near the city.

[edit] History

Tyszkiewicz palace in Lentvaris

In the 18th Century, the town of Landwarów, then called Pietuchowo, laid within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with the Polish majority among its multi-ethnic population. It was owned by the Polish Sapieha family; and later by the Tyszkiewicz family (since 1850). Following the Partitions of Poland the town became a part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th century the Tyszkiewicz family had a Tudor style palace built (in 1885), and founded a park, designed by Édouard André. In 1869 a nail factory was established.

In the interwar period Landwarów was part of Poland (since 1922). It was located within the Wilno Voivodeship, in the Wilno–Troki District of the Second Polish Republic.^[1]^[2] In September 1939, Nazi Germany attacked Poland in unison with the Soviet Union. The town was taken over on September 19, 1939. Polish soldiers, who fought in the September Campaign, were interned in the neighboring town of Kretynga by the newly established Lithuanian contingent, under the watchful eye of the Germans.^[3] Between 1942 and 1943 a Jewish partisan unit operated in the vincinity and blew up a train near the Landwarow station on the 6 Aba Kovner railroad from Vilna to Grodno. Twenty one cars carrying troops and supplies were derailed. The train had been on its way from Warsaw to Vilna.^[4]

[edit] Famous people

Teresa Żylis-Gara, the 20th century soprano singer was born in Landwarów. In 2004 she founded a Pipe organ in the Polish Roman-Catholic church pw. Zwiastowania NMP in the town.^[5]