Berčiūnai
| Berčiūnai | |||
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 Lithuania
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| Coordinates : | 55 ° 44 ' N , 24 ° 14' E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 233 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Postal code : | LT-38052 | ||
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Berčiūnai is a village with 270 inhabitants in the district of Naujamiestis ( Panevėžys Rajongemeinde ), Lithuania on the right bank of the Nevėžis on the Sanžilė , 6 km west of Panevėžys with a Catholic church (consecrated 1997), a secondary school , a library, a post office (LT- 38052) and a children's holiday camp at Ateitininkai .
history
Berčiūnai as a place is known since the time of the Lithuanian Wars of the Teutonic Order . It was on the Lithuanian border in 1398. In Soviet Lithuania , the place became the summer camp of the pioneer organization Vladimir Ilyich Lenin .
From 1939 to 1940 a brick church was built, which was consecrated in 1944 and destroyed in 1956. In 1996 a new church was built.
literature
- Berčiūnai. Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija , II t. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 1977. T.II: Bangladešas-Demokratieinis, 101 psl.
Web links
Commons : Berčiūnai - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the holiday camp (VšĮ "Berčiūnų ateitininkų stovykla")