Kapčiamiestis
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| District : | Alytus | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Lazdijai | ||
| Coordinates : | 54 ° 0 ′ N , 23 ° 39 ′ E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 589 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Postal code : | LT-67039 | ||
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Kapčiamiestis , in Polish Kopciowo , (German, 18th century: Methenburg ) is a small town ( miestelis ) in the Rajongemeinde Lazdijai in the extreme south of Lithuania , in the Dzūkija region , not far from the Polish and Belarusian borders. In 2011 the town had 589 inhabitants.
history
The settlement was founded in the 16th century. In 1516, the Polish-Lithuanian ruler Sigismund II Augustus handed over a forest area to Sidoras Kapočius, where he founded an estate. After that, a village also expanded on this.
Kapčiamiestis as a small town developed into a supra-local market town in the 19th century due to its location on important connecting roads to Suwałki and Grodno . Today the small town is located in a wooded area on the bank of the Baltoji Ančia (White Ančia) in a blind spot.
The Jewish community of Kapčiamiestis comprised about 50 families in the interwar period, including 18 craftsmen and 9 shopkeepers (= all shops in Kapčiamiestis). Almost all of them were taken to a camp near Lazdijai on September 15, 1941 and shot on November 3, 1941.
In Kapčiamiestis is the grave of the Polish-Lithuanian countess and freedom fighter Emilie Plater (Emilija Pliaterytė) (1806-1831).
Personalities
- Veronika Povilionienė (* 1946), Lithuanian singer
- Česlovas Sasnauskas (1867–1916), Lithuanian composer, organist, choir conductor
literature
- Kapčiamiestis. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , T. IX (Juocevičius-Khiva). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2006. 350 psl.
- Kapčiamiestis. Mūsų Lietuva, T. 3. - Bostonas: Lietuvių enciklopedijos Leidykla, 1966. - 483 psl.
- Kapčiamiestis. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija, T. 2 (Grūdas-Marvelės). - Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija , 1986. 205 psl.
Web links
- Kapčiamiestis website (German, English, Russian, Belarusian, Polish, Italian, French, Spanish, Latvian and Lithuanian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census. Statistics Departamentas (Lithuania), accessed on August 3, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00565.html