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'''Alanta''' (dialectal [[Aukštaitija|Aukštaitian]] name ''Alunta'', {{lang-pl|Owanta}}, Yiddish אַוואָנטע) is a small town in [[Molėtai district municipality]], [[Lithuania]]. It is the administrative seat of the Alanta Elderate. According to a census in 2011, Alanta had 348 residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_06.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 16, 2017}}</ref> It is situated at the crossing of two roads: [[Molėtai]]–[[Anykščiai]] and [[Utena, Lithuania|Utena]]–Alanta–[[Ukmergė]]. The town's St. Jacob's church was built in 1909.
'''Alanta''' (dialectal [[Aukštaitija|Aukštaitian]] name ''Alunta'', {{lang-pl|Owanta}}, Yiddish אַוואָנטע) is a small town in [[Molėtai district municipality]], [[Lithuania]]. It is the administrative seat of the Alanta Elderate. According to a census in 2011, Alanta had 348 residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_06.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 16, 2017}}</ref> It is situated at the crossing of two roads: [[Molėtai]]–[[Anykščiai]] and [[Utena, Lithuania|Utena]]–Alanta–[[Ukmergė]]. The town's St. Jacob's church was built in 1909.


[[:lt:Alantos sinagoga | The Synagogue of Alanta]] is one of only 17 surviving wooden synagogues in Lithuania.<ref name=heritage>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewish-heritage-lithuania.org/lt/medines-sinagogos/alantos-medine-sinagoga/ |title= Alantos sinagoga |date= 2 May 2019 | publisher= jewish-heritage-lithuania.org }}</ref>
[[:lt:Alantos sinagoga|The Synagogue of Alanta]] is one of only 17 surviving wooden synagogues in Lithuania.<ref name=heritage>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewish-heritage-lithuania.org/lt/medines-sinagogos/alantos-medine-sinagoga/ |title= Alantos sinagoga |date= 2 May 2019 | publisher= jewish-heritage-lithuania.org }}</ref>


==Etymology of the name==
==Etymology of the name==
The name of the town is derived from the [[Alanta tower and there for it is a bad place to be and you can know it is just by being there so you should not go but if you don you should be rady for all the worst things to come]], tributary of [[Virinta]]. The name of the river is derived from an ancient [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] verb "''alėti''", which means 'to stream merrily' or 'to run'.
The name of the town is derived from the [[Alanta River]], tributary of [[Virinta]]. The name of the river is derived from an ancient [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] verb "''alėti''", which means 'to stream merrily' or 'to run'.


==History==
==History==
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Alanta suffered heavily from many wars, including [[French invasion of Russia|Napoleon's invasion of the Russian Empire]], [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], because of its location on the crossing of two important roads.
Alanta suffered heavily from many wars, including [[French invasion of Russia|Napoleon's invasion of the Russian Empire]], [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], because of its location on the crossing of two important roads.


The entire Jewish community of 30 families,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dbs.bh.org.il/place/alunta| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202020822/http://dbs.bh.org.il/place/alunta| archive-date = 2017-02-02| title = BHS}} </ref> which comprised the majority of the population of Alanta, was killed during the Holocaust in August 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00138.html|title = Pinkas Hakehillot Lita: Alunta}}</ref> Alanta has a rare, surviving [[wooden synagogue]].<ref>Center for Jewish Art (2004). "Preserved Wooden Synagogues in Lithuania". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved on December 17, 2008. {{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/Architecture/Wooden-synagogues-Lithuania.htm |title=Wooden Synagogues in Lithuania |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805112653/http://cja.huji.ac.il/Architecture/Wooden-synagogues-Lithuania.htm |archivedate=2007-08-05 }}</ref>
The entire Jewish community of 30 families,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dbs.bh.org.il/place/alunta| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202020822/http://dbs.bh.org.il/place/alunta| archive-date = 2017-02-02| title = BHS}}</ref> which comprised the majority of the population of Alanta, was killed during the Holocaust in August 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00138.html|title = Pinkas Hakehillot Lita: Alunta}}</ref> Alanta has a rare, surviving [[wooden synagogue]].<ref>Center for Jewish Art (2004). "Preserved Wooden Synagogues in Lithuania". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved on December 17, 2008. {{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/Architecture/Wooden-synagogues-Lithuania.htm |title=Wooden Synagogues in Lithuania |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805112653/http://cja.huji.ac.il/Architecture/Wooden-synagogues-Lithuania.htm |archivedate=2007-08-05 }}</ref>


==Palace of Alanta estate==
==Palace of Alanta estate==
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Revision as of 00:33, 22 October 2023

For the mountain in Peru whose name is also spelled "Alanta", see Jalanta.
Not to be confused with Atlanta.
Alanta
St. Jacob's church in Alanta
St. Jacob's church in Alanta
Coat of arms of Alanta
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Alunta
Alanta is located in Lithuania
Alanta
Alanta
Location of Alanta
Coordinates: 55°21′N 25°17′E / 55.350°N 25.283°E / 55.350; 25.283
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Utena County
MunicipalityMolėtai district municipality
ElderateAlanta elderate
Seat ofAlanta elderate
First mentioned1436
Population
 (2011)
 • Total348
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Alanta (dialectal Aukštaitian name Alunta, Polish: Owanta, Yiddish אַוואָנטע) is a small town in Molėtai district municipality, Lithuania. It is the administrative seat of the Alanta Elderate. According to a census in 2011, Alanta had 348 residents.[1] It is situated at the crossing of two roads: Molėtai–Anykščiai and Utena–Alanta–Ukmergė. The town's St. Jacob's church was built in 1909.

The Synagogue of Alanta is one of only 17 surviving wooden synagogues in Lithuania.[2]

Etymology of the name

The name of the town is derived from the Alanta River, tributary of Virinta. The name of the river is derived from an ancient Lithuanian verb "alėti", which means 'to stream merrily' or 'to run'.

History

In 1436, Sigismund Kestutaitis granted Alanta to Kristinas Astikas to commend him for his aid in defeating Švitrigaila in the Lithuanian Civil War (1431–1435). In the 16th century, the town's Catholic church was built, and in 1581 the Grand Duke of Lithuania Stefan Batory gifted Alanta to Gáspár Békés (Lithuanian: Kasparas Bekešas), a Hungarian general. After 1598 the town belonged to Radziwiłł family and from 1828 until the World War I it belonged to the Pamarnacki family. From the 18th century to the Lithuanian Uprising of 1863, Alanta had a parish school.

Alanta suffered heavily from many wars, including Napoleon's invasion of the Russian Empire, World War I and World War II, because of its location on the crossing of two important roads.

The entire Jewish community of 30 families,[3] which comprised the majority of the population of Alanta, was killed during the Holocaust in August 1941.[4] Alanta has a rare, surviving wooden synagogue.[5]

Palace of Alanta estate

Renovated Alanta estate, located in Naujasodis suburb

The palace of the estate, which houses a library and an ethnographic museum, has been renovated and its park trimmed. The founder of the Alanta library, Elvyra Satkūnaitė, was named "The best librarian of Lithuania" in 1996.

References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Alantos sinagoga". jewish-heritage-lithuania.org. 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ "BHS". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02.
  4. ^ "Pinkas Hakehillot Lita: Alunta".
  5. ^ Center for Jewish Art (2004). "Preserved Wooden Synagogues in Lithuania". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved on December 17, 2008. "Wooden Synagogues in Lithuania". Archived from the original on 2007-08-05. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

External links

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