Akmenė
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 Lithuania
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| District : | Šiauliai | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Akmenė | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 15 ′ N , 22 ° 45 ′ E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 2,593 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Postal code : | LT-85022 | ||
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Akmenė (from lit. akmuo , " stone ") is a town in the district of Akmenė , 12 km southwest of Naujoji Akmenė , on the right bank of Dabikinė . There is a Catholic St. Anne's Church (built in 1912), a Lithuanian Independence Monument (built in 1928), Akmenė grammar school, a library, a kindergarten and a post office. In 2011 the city had 2593 inhabitants.
history
Akmenė Manor belongs to the noblemen Kęsgailos and was first mentioned in 1511. Žygimantas Senasis gave permission to build a town in 1531. In 1561 there was a square, 3 streets, 82 pieces of land, 28 pubs and a wooden church. The city charter was granted in 1592.
In 1941 - after the occupation of independent Lithuania by the Soviet Union - the first kolkhoz was founded in Lithuania.
Until the 17th century the city was called Dabikinė .
people
- Juozas Miltinis (1907-1994), director
- Romualdas Rakauskas (* 1941), photographer
- Vytautas Basys (* 1944), doctor and politician
- Romas Jarockis (* 1963), archaeologist and politician
- Aidas Preikšaitis (* 1970), football player
- Ona Šimaitė (1984–1970)
literature
- Akmenė. Žiemgalių žemė: fotoalbumas (sud. Leopoldas Rozga). - Utena: Utenos Indra, 2008. - 128 p .: iliustr. - ISBN 978-609-8004-04-5
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census. Statistics Departamentas (Lithuania), accessed on August 3, 2017 .