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'''Seredžius''' |
'''Seredžius''' is a town in [[Lithuania]], situated on the right bank of the [[Neman River]] near its confluence with [[Dubysa River]]. According to the 2001 census, it had population of 749.<ref name=census/> Seredžius was the birthplace of [[Al Jolson]], the famous early 20th century [[United States|American]] entertainer in the United States. |
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==History== |
==History== |
Revision as of 08:40, 24 June 2010
Seredžus | |
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Town | |
Country | ![]() |
Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
County | Tauragė County |
Municipality | Jurbarkas district municipality |
Eldership | Seredžius eldership |
Capital of | Seredžius eldership |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 749 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Seredžius is a town in Lithuania, situated on the right bank of the Neman River near its confluence with Dubysa River. According to the 2001 census, it had population of 749.[1] Seredžius was the birthplace of Al Jolson, the famous early 20th century American entertainer in the United States.
History
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Southeast of the town, archaeologists discovered graves from the 3rd–4th centuries.[2] The town also has a large hillfort, identified by historian Zenonas Ivinskis as Pieštvė, which was attacked by the Teutonic Knights numerous times in late 13th and early 14th centuries.[2] According to the Palemonids legend, noble refugees from the Roman Empire settled on the hill, now named after Palemon, and established the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[3] After the Battle of Grunwald, the location lost its military purpose and became a private property of the Sapieha family. The Sapiehas built a residential palace, which did not survive. The town's first Catholic church was built around 1608–1612.[2] The church was destroyed in 1829 after a landslide caused a by large flooding. The residents built a wooden church, which was replaced by a Neo-Renaissance John the Baptist church in 1913.
The town also had a very large Jewish population prior to the Holocaust, which may have comprised a majority of the community. In 1900, Seredžius had a Jewish population of 1,174.[4]
References
- ^ Template:Lt icon Tauragės apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 33. ISBN 9986-589-95-9.
- ^ a b c Template:Lt icon Kviklys, Bronius (1965). Mūsų Lietuva. Vol. II. Boston: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 333–336. OCLC 3303503.
- ^ Template:Lt icon Ivinskis, Zenonas (1953–1966). "Palemonas". Lietuvių enciklopedija. Vol. 21. Boston, Massachusetts: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. pp. 400–401. LCC 55020366.
- ^ JewishGen Seredžius page | url=http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~shtetm~-2618970
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