Kriukai
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| District : | Šiauliai | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Joniškis | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 18 ′ N , 23 ° 50 ′ E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 533 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Postal code : | LT-84037 | ||
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Kriukai is a town ( miestelis ) with 533 inhabitants in the Joniškis district in Lithuania . It is located on the KK209 trunk road, 15 km northeast of Joniškis , on the border with Latvia . The place is the center of the Kriukai District . There is the Catholic Laurentius Church (Kriukai) built in 1793 , a secondary school, a library, a post office (LT-84037), a monument to Lithuanian independence (built in 1928, destroyed in Soviet Lithuania , rebuilt in 1989).
In Kriukai the Šešėvėlė and Šešėvė , the tributaries of the Lielupė, flow . Kriukai village has been known since 1586.
people
- Feliksas Daugėla (1887–1967), surveyor
- Hillel Kook (1915-2001), politician
Web links
gallery
Main building of the St. Laurentius Church
Church bell tower
Old Jewish courtyard
