Upninkai
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| District : | Kaunas | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Jonava | ||
| Coordinates : | 55 ° 5 ' N , 24 ° 32' E | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 786 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Postal code : | LT-55096 | ||
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Upninkai is a place in the district community of Jonava ( Lithuania ), on the left bank of the Šventoji . It forms the center of the Upninkai District . There is the Upninkai Church (built 1845). It is located north of the village in the Šventoji valley. Houses built in the Soviet-Lithuanian era dominate the settlement. There are several apartment buildings, a secondary school , a library and a post office (LT-55096).
history
Upninkai was mentioned in a document in 1442 in the will of Kristinas Astikas . The other Upninkai owner, his son Radvila Astikas until 1477 , built the first church here in Upninkai Manor . In 1650 this belonged to the Evangelical Reformed Church. In the 17th century there was a court as well as a few pubs and markets. The Catholic Church was built in 1717 and moved to another location in 1750.
In Soviet Lithuania , the village was the center of Upninkai County . Now it is the center of an administrative district.
Personalities
- Laimutis Alechnavičius (* 1966), judge of Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (LVAT).
literature
- Lietuvos vietovardžiai (VLKK, 2010 m.)
- Upninkai. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija, T. 4 (Simno-Žvorūnė). - Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1988, 383 psl.
- Upninkai. Mūsų Lietuva, T. 2. - Bostonas: Lietuvių enciklopedijos Leidykla, 1965. - 365 psl.
- Upniki. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, T. XII (Szlurpkiszki - Warłynka). Warszawa, 1892, 814 psl. (steer.)
