Dovilai
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| District : | Klaipeda | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Klaipeda | ||
| Office : | Dovilai | ||
| Coordinates : | 55 ° 41 ′ N , 21 ° 21 ′ E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 1,246 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Postal code : | 96011 | ||
| Status: | Town | ||
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Dovilai ( German Dawillen ) is a small town (according to miestelis) in the Lithuanian district of Klaipėda . The place is the center of the administrative district (Seniūnija) Dovilai and belongs to the Rajong municipality Klaipėda .
location
Dovilai is located in western Lithuania, in the former Prussian Lithuania , about 12 km east of Klaipėda (Memel). The town of Gargždai is located four kilometers northeast of Dovilai . National road 227 runs through the village from Klaipėda to Laugaliai village on national road 228 . The Lašiupis (Leszuppe), a right tributary of the Minija, flows through Dovilai .
Place name
The name says that someone wants a land allotment or loan. Nehrungskurisch “davin” = present, Lithuanian “dovis” = donation.
history
Dovilai was founded before 1540. In 1785 it was referred to as a "melirted village". Since 1872 the place was the seat of an administrative district in the Memel district . Until 1919 it belonged to the Prussian province of East Prussia and thus to the German Reich , it was separated from the latter due to the Treaty of Versailles and annexed to Lithuania in 1923 as part of the Memelland . Returned to the German Reich in 1939, Dovilai came to the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1945 and became the seat of a district (lit. apylinkė). Since 1995 the place has (again) been the seat of an administrative district and received a coat of arms as such in 2009.
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1885 | 135 |
| 1910 | 283 |
| 1970 | 701 |
| 1979 | 1142 |
| 1989 | 1188 |
| 2001 | 1231 |
| 2011 | 1246 |
church
Dawillen had been a parish place since 1854. The Evangelical Lutheran Church was consecrated on September 18, 1862. From 1944 the church was used as a warehouse. Restored after 1990, it is now used again for Protestant services. In Dovilai there are several cemeteries, u. a. a military cemetery for Russians and Lithuanians.
school
There is a secondary school in Dovilai.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Karl Albert Max Krause (1859–1934), member of the German Reichstag
Dovilai District
The Dovilų seniūnija, which is assigned to the Rajongemeinde Klaipėda , has existed since 1995 . In addition to the town of Dovilai, the administrative district includes 30 villages with a total of 4,888 inhabitants (as of 2011). The administrative district is divided into the six subdistricts (lit. Seniūnaitija) Baičių seniūnaitija, Dovilų seniūnaitija, Ketvergių seniūnaitija, Kiškėnų seniūnaitija, Lėbartų seniūnaitija and Šiūparių seniūnaitija. The district includes:
| Place name | German name | Subdistrict |
|---|---|---|
| Baičiai | Baits | Baičiai |
| Birbinčiai | Nausseden-Jakob | Kiškėnai |
| Dovilai | There will be | Dovilai |
| Dumpiai | Dump | Lėbartai |
| Galčiai | Were considered | Kiškėnai |
| Gedminai | Thin | Baičiai |
| Gelžiniai | Gellßinnen | Šiūpariai |
| Grambaviškiai | Grambovishks | Kiškėnai |
| Grikšai | Fickle | Baičiai |
| Jurgiai | Jurgen | Baičiai |
| Jurjonai | Šiūpariai | |
| Kalviai | Kalwen | Ketvergiai |
| Kaspariškiai | Casparishks | Lėbartai |
| Ketvergiai | Kettwergen | Ketvergiai |
| Kisiniai | Kissinnen | Baičiai |
| Kiškėnai | Kischken-Görge | Kiškėnai |
| Coolies | Cool | Dovilai |
| Laistai | Afford | Lėbartai |
| Lėbartai | Löbardten | Lėbartai |
| Lyveriai | Learning | Baičiai |
| Margiai | Margins | Šiūpariai |
| Medsėdžiai | Šiūpariai | |
| Piktožiai | Pick bowls | Šiūpariai |
| Rimkai | Karlsberg | Lėbartai |
| Rusliai | Russlen | Ketvergiai |
| Stučiai | Mares | Baičiai |
| Šernai | Shear | Ketvergiai |
| Šiūpariai | Šiūpariai | |
| Šnaukštai | Spectators | Baičiai |
| Švepeliai | Schweppeln | Lėbartai |
| Toleikiai | Thaleiken-Jacob | Lėbartai |
In 1996 the places Budelkiemis, Lypkiai and Žardė as well as parts of the places Laistai, Rimkai and Švepeliai from the Dovilai district were transferred to the city of Klaipėda .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ census data
- ↑ Dawillen Pastor List (GenWiki)