Kaišiadorys

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Kaišiadorys
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State : Lithuania Lithuania
District : Kaunas
Rajong municipality : Kaišiadorys
Coordinates : 54 ° 52 '  N , 24 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 52 '  N , 24 ° 27'  E
Height : 80 m
Area (place) : 11  km²
Community area : 1,087  km²
 
Inhabitants (place) : 9,722 (2008)
Population density : 884 inhabitants per km²
Inhabitant (municipality) : 36,285
Population density : 33 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : EET (UTC + 2)
Telephone code : (+370) 346
Postal code : 56121
 
Status: Rajong Parish
Structure : 1 city office (core city),
1 additional city office,
9 additional offices
 
Mayor : Romualdas Urmilevičius
Postal address : Bažnyčios g. 4
56121 Kaišiadorys
Website :
Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)
Kaišiadorys
Kaišiadorys

Kaišiadorys (German, 18th Century: Kosche Daren ) is a city and seat of the same name Rajongemeinde in Lithuanian Kaunas district . In the municipality, the core city is an urban district and the seat of a neighboring office. The core city has almost 10,000 inhabitants, the community 36,285.

In Kaišiadorys there is a district court , a large poultry farm, a glue factory and several smaller companies. Here is the seat of the Lithuanian Veterinary Institute.

history

The name of the city is derived from a manor house first mentioned in 1590 as Košeidarowo . This apparently belonged to the Tatars Haji Dar Momulevič .

The place only developed into a city in the 20th century due to its location at a railway junction. At the station Kaišiadorys the routes of branch Vilnius to Riga and from Kaunas . Today, the proximity to the Kaunas – Vilnius expressway is a particular advantage in terms of transport.

The Diocese of Kaišiadorys has existed since 1942 , the episcopal church is the Christ Cathedral .

In 1960 the Lithuanian Veterinary Research Institute ( Lietuvos veterinarijos mokslinio tyrimo institutas ) was founded in Kaišiadorys. It became a department of what is now the Veterinary Academy of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences .

Rajong Parish

The Rajongemeinde ( Kaišiadorių rajono savivaldybė ) includes the two cities Kaišiadorys and Žiežmariai (3730 inhab.), The three towns ( miesteliai ) Kruonis , Rumšiškės and Žasliai , and 401 villages. The largest of these, Gudiena with 1664 inhabitants, borders directly on the city.

The Rajongemeinde is divided into eleven administrative districts ( seniūnijos ):

  • Kaišiadory's city
  • Kaišiadory's surroundings
  • Kruonis
  • Nemaitonys based in Varkalės
  • Palomenė
  • Paparčiai
  • Pravieniškės based in Pravieniškės II
  • Rumšiškės
  • Žasliai
  • Žiežmariai city
  • Žiežmariai area

Town twinning

Personalities

literature

  • Laimutis Bilkis: Dėl miesto vardo Kaišiadorys kilmės , Acta Linguistica Lithuanica 47: 1-8, 2002.

Web links

Commons : Kaišiadorys  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Mayor's website