Kruonis

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Kruonis
coat of arms
coat of arms
State : Lithuania Lithuania
District : Kaunas
Rajong municipality : Kaišiadorys
Coordinates : 54 ° 45 ′  N , 24 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 45 ′  N , 24 ° 15 ′  E
 
Inhabitants (place) : 661 (2011)
Time zone : EET (UTC + 2)
Postal code : LT-56037
Kruonis (Lithuania)
Kruonis
Kruonis
pumped storage power plant

Kruonis is a small town ( miestelis ) with 661 inhabitants on the Kruonė in the Rajongemeinde Kaišiadorys , Lithuania . The Kruonis pumped storage power station is located here . The Kruonis manor already existed in the 15th century. In 1472 the Lithuanian Grand Duke Casimir IV. Andrew built a chapel. In Kruonis is the Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Angels, which was built in 1626 as the first uniate church in Lithuania.

gallery

  • Main building of the Marien-Kirche, rear view

  • Main building of the Marien-Kirche, frontal view

  • Orthodox Church

  • Ruins of the former manor house

  • pumped storage power plant

literature

  • Dalia Puodžiukienė. Kruonis. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , T. XI (Kremacija-Lenzo taisyklė). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2007. 143-144 psl.
  • Algimantas Misskinis. Kruonis. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, T. XI (Kremacija-Lenzo taisyklė). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2007. 143-144 psl.