Žeimiai
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| District : | Kaunas | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Jonava | ||
| Office : | Žeimiai | ||
| Founded : | 1319 | ||
| Coordinates : | 55 ° 11 ′ N , 24 ° 13 ′ E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 860 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+370) 349 | ||
| Postal code : | LT-55066 | ||
| Status: | Town ( miestelis ), center of the administrative district Žeimiai |
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Žeimiai (dt. Banknotes ) is a small town ( miestelis ) in the district of Jonava , on the Jonava - Šėta road . It is the center of the Žeimiai district . There is the Catholic Church Žeimiai (built in 1906) and the insurgent chapel (with 2 floors), the Žeimiai secondary school , a library, a cultural center, an ambulance, a post office (LT-55066), the Žeimiai manor with a park. The Lankesa flows to the west . The Žeimiai linden is a natural monument.
history
Žeimiai was mentioned in a document in 1319 by Maciej Stryjkowski (1547–1593) when describing the battle of Gediminas with the Crusader order . In 1363 Zeymen was mentioned in historical sources. In the 16th century there was a school of Franciscan Reformates .
Sons and daughters
- Konstantinas Bogdanas (1926–2011), sculptor, professor, honorary citizen of the Jonava district
- Edvardas Gružas (* 1949), administrative lawyer, former police commissioner general of Lithuania
- Vaclovas Lapė (1934–2009), politician and agricultural manager
- Vaclovas Michnevičius (1866–1947), civil engineer and architect.
literature
- Žeimiai. Mūsų Lietuva, T. 2. - Boston : Lietuvių enciklopedijos Leidykla, 1965. - 456 psl.
- Žeimiai. Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija , XII t. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 1984. T.XII: Vaislapėlis-Žvorūnė, 480 psl.
- Žeimiai. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija , T. 4 (Simno-Žvorūnė). Vilnius, Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1988, 642 psl.
Web links
Commons : Žeimiai - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Žeimiai Manor (Lithuanian, English)
- School Žeimiai
- Map (Lithuanian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census. Statistics Departamentas (Lithuania), accessed on August 2, 2017 .