Obeliai
Obeliai is a city in Lithuania with 1074 inhabitants (2011). It belongs to the Rajongemeinde Rokiškis and is located 15 kilometers east of Rokiškis , a few kilometers from the eastern border with Latvia. It is the center of the Obeliai District and Obeliai Sub- District . The Kriauna flows through the city and Lake Obeliai lies in the southwest .
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In 1509 the Obeliai manor was first mentioned in the court records. In 1529 there was a town (Obeliai) and Wolost . In 1629 the first church was built in Obeliai and in 1868 the Catholic Church of St Anna. There is a children's home, a grammar school , a library (since 1940), a kindergarten school, a museum (since 1998) and a post office (LT-42006).
Community partnerships
The partner community of Obeliai is the German community Estenfeld in Bavaria .
people
- Bronisław Krzyżanowski (1876–1943), politician
- Eliezer Silver (born February 15, 1882 in Obeliai, † February 7, 1968 in Cincinnati ), rabbi in the USA
- Jonas Macijauskas (1900–1981), Soviet major general
- Joe Slovo (1926–1995), South African politician, born in Obeliai
- Jānis Reinis (born December 13, 1960 in Obeliai), Latvian theater and film actor
- Sigitas Parulskis (* 1965 in Obeliai), poet, playwright, novelist, critic and essayist
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Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′ 40 ″ N , 25 ° 47 ′ 40 ″ E