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[[Image:Paminklas Vykintui Tveruose.jpg|thumb|left|Monument to Duke [[Vykintas]]]] |
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'''Tverai''' ({{lang-sgs|Tverā |
'''Tverai''' ({{lang-sgs|Tverā}}) is a [[Miasteczko|small town]] in [[Rietavas municipality]], [[Lithuania]]. It is situated on [[Aitra River]], tributary to [[Jūra]], about 17 km east from [[Rietavas]] and 14 km from [[Varniai]]. Tverai, with population of about 560, is a capital of an [[elderate]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
Revision as of 18:06, 4 April 2021
Tverai | |
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Centre | |
Coordinates: 55°44′00″N 22°08′40″E / 55.73333°N 22.14444°E | |
Land | ![]() |
Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
County | Telšiai County |
Municipality | Rietavas district municipality |
Elderate | Tverai elderate |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 558 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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Tverai (Samogitian: Tverā) is a small town in Rietavas municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on Aitra River, tributary to Jūra, about 17 km east from Rietavas and 14 km from Varniai. Tverai, with population of about 560, is a capital of an elderate.
History
Tverai is identified with Tviriment Castle, mentioned in 1251 by the Hypatian Codex. The castle was the fortress where Vykintas, Duke of Samogitia and victorious leader of the Battle of Saule, defended himself against Mindaugas, crowned as King of Lithuania in 1253, during a civil war for power in the early Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1] Vykintas was defeated and Mindaugas became the undisputeded monarch. During World War II, a group of Jews were murdered in summer and fall of 1941.[2]
References
- ^ Semaška, Algimantas (2006). Kelionių vadovas po Lietuvą: 1000 lankytinų vietovių norintiems geriau pažinti gimtąjį kraštą (in Lithuanian) (4th ed.). Vilnius: Algimantas. p. 510. ISBN 9986-509-90-4.
- ^ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/235/