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Kalvarija
City
Church in Kalvarija
Coat of arms
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Suvalkija
County	Marijampolė County
Municipality	Kalvarija municipality
Eldership	Kalvarija eldership
Capital of	Kalvarija municipality Kalvarija eldership
First mentioned	1667
Granted city rights	1791
Population
• Total	5,066
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Kalvarija is a city in southwestern Lithuania. It is located close to the border with Poland.

History

In 1705 the first wooden church was built. In 1713, local Jews received permission from King August II to build a synagogue and Jewish craftsmen were first permitted to practice their crafts without having to be members of the craft guilds. In 1791 Stanisław August Poniatowski recognized that Kalvarija had the right to call itself a town and confirmed the municipality's coat of arms. Kalvarija developed rapidly when the new St. Petersburg–Warsaw road was constructed at the beginning of the 19th century. 1840 saw the construction of a new Catholic church, which still stands today. By the outbreak of World War I, Kalvarija had over 10,000 inhabitants; the destruction of two-thirds of the town during the war caused the population to decline.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Lithuania

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kalvarija is twinned with:

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska in Poland

External links

“Kalvarija” - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Lithuania

v t e Marijampolė County
Municipalities	Kalvarija Kazlų Rūda Marijampolė Šakiai Vilkaviškis
Cities	Gelgaudiškis Kalvarija Kazlų Rūda Kudirkos Naumiestis Kybartai Marijampolė Šakiai Vilkaviškis Virbalis
Towns	Bartninkai Barzdai Daukšiai Gražiškiai Griškabūdis Gudeliai Igliškėliai Keturvalakiai Kriūkai Lekėčiai Liudvinavas Lukšiai Pilviškiai Sasnava Sintautai Šunskai Vištytis Žemoji Panemunė Žvirgždaičiai
Villages	Antanavas Burgaičiai Dailučiai Galiniai Igliauka Karkliniai Kretkampis Meiliūnai Mockava Ožkabaliai Sudargas Varnupiai

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