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Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania
Kalnaberžė
Village
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Kalnaberžė ('the hill of birch trees', formerly Polish: Kałnoberże, Russian: Калноберже) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 324 people. It is located between Surviliškis (6 km) and Sirutiškis (5 km), on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. At the confluence of Nevėžis and its tributary Kruostas II there is Kalnaberžė hillfort. There is library, old cemetery, former school and medicine station in the village. Kalnaberžė manor (now in ruins) is famous of being a childhood vacation place for Russian minister Pyotr Stolypin.
History
Kalnaberžė (as Calleberze) was mentioned the first time in 1371 by Hermann von Wartberge as Teutonic ride devastated this place. Kalnaberžė manor is known from the 16th century. It belonged to the Radziwiłł family, later to the Czapski family. After the January Uprising it was transferred to the Koshelevski and later to the Stolypin family. At the end of the 19th century there was a wooden chapel.
During the Interwar period, the manor was nationalized and became a child detention colony, and since 1949 till 1959 was a children home. During the Soviet era, Kalnaberžė was a kolkhoz center.
KalnaberžėLocation in LithuaniaShow map of Kėdainiai District Municipality
Lithuania
Kaunas County
Dispensary
Ancient cemetery
Kalnaberžė hillfort
Kalnaberžė manor (in 2011)
