Nemenčinė
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Nemenčinė | |
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City | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Nemenčinė Location of Nemenčinė | |
| Coordinates: 54°51′0″N 25°29′0″E / 54.85000°N 25.48333°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Dzūkija |
| County |  Vilnius County |
| Municipality | Vilnius district municipality |
| Eldership | Nemenčinė eldership |
| Capital of | Nemenčinė eldership |
| First mentioned | 14th century |
| Granted city rights | 1955 |
| Population (2011 Census) | |
| • Total | 5,054 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Nemenčinė (, is a city in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania, it is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Vilnius. Close to Nemenčinė forest was planted which forms a sentence Žalgiris 600 (commemorating the Battle of Grunwald) visible from the air.
Names
Nemenčinė is the original name of the city reflected in historical documents and still in use today.[1] It derives from a Lithuanian word referring to the river Nemenčia.[1] Other versions of the name include Niemenczyn in Polish, Неменчын in Belarusian, Неменчине (or Нямянчине) in Russian, Nementschine in German and Nementchin (נעמענטשין) in Yiddish.
History
Lithuanian wooden castle and the mound stood in Nemenčinė in 10-14th centuries. The settlement started to grow around the castle. In 1387, following the Christianization of Lithuania, Jogaila established the first Christian parish in Nemenčinė and built a church there. In a 1434 document Andrius Sakaitis, one of the most influential Lithuanian nobleman families during the reign of Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir IV Jagiellon, listed Nemnečinė as his domain. In 1554, Nemenčinė after the Volok Reform got the rights of the town.
In 1613, the town was marked on the map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae, et Regionum Adiacentium exacta Descriptio printed in Amsterdam and financed by the Lithuanian magnate Mikalojus Kristupas Radvila Našlaitėlis.
On 20 September 1941, 403 Jews from the city were massacred in a mass execution. 128 men, 186 women and 99 children were shot by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian Nazi collaborators. In 1971, a monument was erected on the execution site.[2]
Ethnic composition
The ethnic composition of Nemenčinė is as follows:[3]
Total population in 2011 – 5054
- Poles 56,5% (2858)
- Lithuanians 27,1% (1368)
- Russians 9,2% (463)
- Belarusians 3,6% (183)
- Ukrainians 0,9% (43)
- Others 2,4% (120)
International partnership
Nemenčinė is twinned with three towns in Poland: Węgorzewo (Ungura), Ełk (Lukas) and Suwałki (Suvalkai). It also has a partnership agreement with Poland's West Pomeranian Voivodeship, signed in Vilnius on 19 June 2009.[4]
Sports
In 14 of September 2017 Nemenčinė Biathlon Stadium was opened and become a second operating Biathlon course in Lithuania (first being Ignalina Winter Sports Centre).[5]
People
- Zdzisław Balicki, Polish Sejm deputy
- Miroslava Ritskiavitchius, Lithuanian handball player that represented Germany at 1996 Olympics
References
- ^ a b A. Vanagas. Lietuvos miestų vardai. p.151-152
- ^ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/181/
- ^ Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of Republic of Lithuania Archived 1 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego - Współpraca Międzynarodowa
- ^ Atidaryta biatlono šaudykla ir rekonstruotas Nemenčinės stadionas
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