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Town in Aukštaitija, Lithuania
Krekenava
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Coordinates: 55°32′28″N 24°05′31″E / 55.54111°N 24.09194°E / 55.54111; 24.09194
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Panevėžys County
Population
 • Total1,375
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitehttp://www.krekenava.lt

Krekenava is a town (population 1,375) in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania, on the bank of Nevėžis.

Etymology

In the past, the town's place name had a different root than it does now: krakin- or krokin-. In the old days, the town was mostly called Krakinava, a name still used in the early 20th century. The new form Krekenava was referred to by Vaižgantas as early as 1904, and it was included in the official publication "Places Settled in Lithuania" of 1925. The town's name in other languages: Polish: Krakinów; Yiddish: קראַקינאָווע, romanized: Krakinave.

History

From 1409 it was the center of Upytė poviat, the first wooden church built by Vytautas the Great in 1419. Nearby Krekanava is the birthplace of the painter Romanas Alekna Švoinickis (1845–1915).

In July and August 1941, an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists massacred the Jewish residents of the town, about 50 grownups and 60 children. Along with Jews they also shot so-called Communists and Soviet activists, in all about 190 people. The massacre took place in a ditch between the old and new cemeteries.

Economy

1975 is a year of the beginning of JSC “Krekenavos Agrofirma” activities, a company which employs over 900 people. “Krekenavos agrofirma” allocates its investments to the two priority fields – improvement of the quality of its activities, and production expansion.

Gallery

  • Stone wall near a house Stone wall near a house
  • Church Church
  • Stairs to the church Stairs to the church
  • Krekenava 600 year jubilee Krekenava 600 year jubilee
  • Old house in Sodų st. Old house in Sodų st.
  • Nevėžis (river) in winter Nevėžis (river) in winter
  • Stage in the pine forest Stage in the pine forest
  • Dam Dam
  • Road to Varnakalnis Road to Varnakalnis
  • Scarp in Varnakalnis Scarp in Varnakalnis
  • Varnakalnis Varnakalnis
  • "Girinio" road "Girinio" road

References

  1. Miškinis, Algimantas (2004). "Vakarų Lietuvos miestai ir miesteliai" I knyga. Vilnius: Savastis. ISBN 9986-420-57-1.
  2. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".

External links

55°33′N 24°06′E / 55.550°N 24.100°E / 55.550; 24.100

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