Veiviržėnai
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| District : | Klaipeda | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Klaipeda | ||
| Coordinates : | 55 ° 36 ′ N , 21 ° 36 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 50 m | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 840 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+370) 46 | ||
| Postal code : | 96279 | ||
| Status: | Town, Rajonggemeinde |
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Veiviržėnai ( German Wiwirschen ) is a small town in western Lithuania in the immediate vicinity (21 km) of the city of Gargždai and 38 km from the port city of Klaipėda . It is the center and seat of Veiviržėnai Parish. The Veiviržas River flows through the town and flows into the Minija .
In the town there is a grammar school with a small museum, a Catholic church (built in 1769), a cemetery with a chapel from 1791, a pharmacy, a doctor's office, several sawmills, a library, a café, a shopping center and a couple of stores.
On the outskirts of the town there is a castle mound where treasures from the 8th and 9th centuries and coins from Poland-Lithuania from the 17th century were found. They are kept in the Vytautas Magnus Military Museum and the National Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Art Museum .
Sons and daughters of the place
- Virgilijus Pozingis (* 1964), politician
literature
- Janina Valančiūtė: Veiviržėnų bažnyčios ir parapijos istorija. UAB "Judex", Kaunas 2006.