Kazlų Rūda

This article deals with the city of Kazlų Rūda. For the municipality, see the municipality of Kazlų Rūda .

Kazlų Rūda
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State :	Lithuania
District :	Marijampolė
Municipality :	Kazlų Rūda
Coordinates :	54 ° 45 ′  N , 23 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 45 ′  N , 23 ° 30 ′  E
Inhabitants (place) :	6,950 (2010)
Time zone :	EET (UTC + 2)
Telephone code :	(+370) 343
Postal code :	69443
Kazlų Rūda

Kazlų Rūda (German, 18th century: Koselrode ) is a city in Lithuania , in the Suvalkija region . It has about 7,300 inhabitants and is the seat of the Kazlų Rūda municipality with 14,620 inhabitants.

The city is located in a wooded area.

city

The first known mention of the place comes from the year 1737. The establishment of the place is connected with the extraction of lawn ore (lit. rūda 'ore'), the smelting and the charcoal burning . The first part of the city name comes from the personal name Kazla .

people

• Irena Lunskienė (* 1955), Lithuanian politician, Mayor of Marijampolė
• Violeta Urmana (* 1961), Lithuanian opera and lied singer in Germany
• Mantas Varaška (* 1979), Lithuanian politician, Seimas member

Web links

Commons : Kazlų Rūda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the city and district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aleksandras Vanagas. Lietuvos miestų vardai . Vilnius 1996