Medininkai
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 Lithuania
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| District : | Vilnius | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Vilnius | ||
| Coordinates : | 54 ° 32 ' N , 25 ° 39' E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 493 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Status: | Center of an administrative district | ||
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Medininkai (German, 18th century: Mednick , Polish Miedniki Królewskie ) is a village in Lithuania , about 25 km southeast of Vilnius on the border with Belarus . It is the center of the land office of the same name in the district of Vilnius .
Medininkai has about 500 inhabitants. About 1500 people live in the administrative district (lit. seniūnija ) Medininkai. The place is predominantly agricultural.
The two highest mountains in Lithuania are located in the area: Aukštasis kalnas (293.84 m) and Juozapines (293.60 m).
Language and religion
95% of the population belong to the Polish minority in Lithuania and 98% are Catholic. In addition to Polish in its Lithuanian variant , Belarusian , Lithuanian and Russian are spoken.
Culture and sights
church
The local Catholic church is made of wood. A small monastery is attached to it.
Medininkai Castle
Not far from the village are the ruins of the Medininkai Castle. It was first mentioned in 1392 and, unlike the majority of Lithuanian castles, is built of stone and brick. Inside the rectangular walling there were initially wooden houses, but they were destroyed in an attack by the Teutonic Order in 1404 . The residential and utility buildings erected afterwards have since been lost again.
With the increasing penetration power of cannons, the defensive value of the system declined. The castle became a palace and a preferred residence of the Lithuanian Grand Duke and Polish King Casimir IV Andrew (1427–1492). From the 16th century to the Second World War it was the seat of several noble families: Gasztołd, Ogiński, Grabowski, Drohojowski.
Assault on the border station
In the time between the declaration of independence of Lithuania on March 11, 1990, which was initially only recognized by Iceland on January 23, 1991 , and the recognition of Lithuania by the EC states on August 27, 1991, seven Lithuanians lost their work for independence at Medininkai her life:
On July 31, 1991 around five o'clock, the border station, which was illegal from a Soviet and international point of view, was attacked by a Soviet OMON commando from Riga . Seven Lithuanian border guards were shot dead.
With the recognition of Lithuanian independence by the Soviet Union on September 6, 1991, the controls of Soviet officials on the former external border of the Union did not end. The Lazdijai - Sejny border crossing between Lithuania and Poland was checked jointly by Soviet and Lithuanian officials on September 20.
Infrastructure
Medininkai is on the main E28 road from Vilnius to Minsk . The border here is the EU's external border and is appropriately secured.
In the main town there is a Polish-speaking school with grades 1–12 and a Lithuanian-speaking school as well as a Polish- and a Lithuanian-speaking kindergarten. There is also a social station and a shop.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census. Statistics Departamentas (Lithuania), accessed on August 4, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.litauen-info.de/land-und- Menschen/ geschichte
- ↑ reference.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 31, 2011
