Rumšiškės
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| District : | Kaunas | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Kaišiadorys | ||
| Coordinates : | 54 ° 52 ' N , 24 ° 13' E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 1,651 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Postal code : | LT-56040 | ||
| Status: | Town, center of a part of the municipality |
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Rumšiškės is a town and a center of the local district of the same ( seniūnija ) of Rajongemeinde Kaišiadorys in Lithuania , located between Kaunas Reservoir and the expressway Vilnius - Kaunas near Kaunas. Because of its prestigious waterfront location, the place is a rapidly growing part of Kaunas' bacon belt.
Attractions
The place is known for its extensive open-air ethnographic museum , the largest of its kind in Lithuania. Well-attended events take place here: especially on Shrove Tuesday and the solstice .
Some buildings, including the wooden church , were moved in 1959 before the Kaunasser Meer reservoir was flooded.
open air museum
Some impressions of the museum
Overview map of the open-air museum
Entrance to the open air museum
two historical ...
Farms
Wooden church
Grave steles
people
- Edita Gruodytė (* 1974), lawyer, legal scholar, professor
- Rasa Šnapštienė (* 1963), Vice Mayor of Kaunas
literature
- Rumšiškės. Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija , IX tomas. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 1982. T.IX: Pintuvės-Samneris, 523 psl.
Web links
Commons : Rumšiškės - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
