Svėdasai
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Svėdasai | |
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Coordinates: 55°40′0″N 25°22′0″E / 55.66667°N 25.36667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | ![]() |
Municipality | Anykščiai district municipality |
Eldership | Svėdasai eldership |
Capital of | Svėdasai eldership |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 884 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Svėdasai is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.
History
The name according to Kazimieras Būga is of Selonian origin.[1] In July 1941, 245 to 386 people were murdered in a mass execution near Svėdasai most must have been Jews.[2]
Gallery
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Svėdasai (Swiadosci) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
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Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium
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Alaušas lake
References
- ^ (in Lithuanian) History of Svėdasai Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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