Šeštokai

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Šeštokai
coat of arms
coat of arms
State : Lithuania Lithuania
District : Alytus
Rajong municipality : Lazdijai
Coordinates : 54 ° 21 ′  N , 23 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′  N , 23 ° 26 ′  E
 
Inhabitants (place) : 686 (2011)
Time zone : EET (UTC + 2)
Postal code : LT-67067
Šeštokai (Lithuania)
Šeštokai
Šeštokai

Šeštokai (Polish Szostaków , also Szestoki ; German earlier Schestoken ) is a town (miestelis) in the municipality of the same name of the district of Lazdijai in the Alytus district in the Dzūkija region in Lithuania . In 2011 the town had 686 inhabitants.

Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary, built 1922–1924
Šeštokai railway station

Šeštokai is on the Polish border south of Kalvarija and Marijampolė and west of Alytus .

Museums

  • Museum "Prano Dzuko sodyba"
  • Rudamina Middle School Museum

Transport and infrastructure

The city is of great importance as a border crossing to Poland because the only rail link between the two countries ( Vilnius - Kaunas - Šeštokai - Warsaw ) runs through it. Due to the different track widths (Poland: 1435 mm , Lithuania: 1520 mm ), the rail vehicles have to be re-gauged here or passengers have to change trains. Buses have been operating since the Warsaw – Vilnius night train was discontinued (2005). There is only little rail passenger traffic, in the 2012/13 timetable with one train per day.

Sons and daughters of the church

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census. Statistics Departamentas (Lithuania), accessed on August 3, 2017 .