Šilutė
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Šilutė (ⓘ; previously Šilokarčiama; German: Heydekrug) is a city in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The city was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor. Šilutė was the interwar capital of Šilutė County and is currently the capital of Šilutė District Municipality.
Name
Šilutė's origin dates to an
History
A famous fish market was opened in Šilutė almost 500 years ago, when Georg Tallat purchased the inn together with the land and fishing rights in 1511. The town was a gathering place for peasants from nearby
From the 18th century, it was part of the
The town was annexed by
Architecture
There remain many old buildings in Šilutė: an old post office (1905), a fire station (1911), a court building and prison (1848), a bridge across the Sziesze (Šyša) (1914), an estate of H. Scheu (1818), an old market square, a harbor, railway station and a bridge (1875), and the Vydūnas gymnasium.
Economy
The town, which is a regional center, has a well-developed infrastructure. There is an amateur theatre, a museum, three churches, a few hotels, and many cafés, restaurants, and bars. There are large industrial enterprises in Šilutė as well: Šilutės Rambynas (1842), producing butter and cheese, is one of the oldest factories in the area; Šilutės Baldai (1890); and Šilutės Durpės (1882) which exports approximately 50,000 m3 of peat. Newly founded enterprises are also prospering: Šilutės Girnos (combined fodder); Žibai; Grabupėliai (meat processing); and EKSA, a subsidiary of the alcohol producer Stumbras. To speed up capital investments, the region council has established land tax bonuses for investors.
Twin towns – sister cities
Šilutė is
- Alanya, Turkey
- Cittaducale, Italy
- Emmerich am Rhein, Germany
- Gdańsk County, Poland
- Kołobrzeg, Poland
- Ljungby, Sweden
- Malbork, Poland
- Ostróda (rural gmina), Poland
- Pruszcz Gdański, Poland
- Saldus, Latvia
- Skadovsk, Ukraine
- Tarutyne, Ukraine
- Vellinge, Sweden
Notable people
- Hermann Sudermann (1857–1928), dramatist and novelist
- Vydūnas (Wilhelm Storost) (1868 in Jonaten – 1953) Prussian-Lithuanian teacher, poet, humanist and philosopher
- Katharina Szelinski-Singer (1918–2010), sculptor
- Cornell Borchers (1925–2014), actress
- Herbert Schernus (1927 in Wießen – 1994) German choral conductor
- Hans-Georg Reimann (born 1941 in Starrischken) former East German race walker
- Doris Nefedov maiden name Treitz (1942–1969), German singer under the stage name "Alexandra"
- Raimondas Rumšas (born 1972), cyclist, 3rd place in 2002 Tour de France
- Mindaugas Timinskas (born 1974), basketball player
- Deividas Dulkys (born 1988), basketball player
- Evaldas Petrauskas (born 1992), boxer. 3rd place in 2012 Summer Olympics
- Monika Linkytė (born 1992), singer, 11th place in Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Climate
Šilutė has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).
Climate data for Šilutė (1961−1990 normals, extremes 1949−1990) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.1 (93.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
1.1 (34.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
6.8 (44.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.3 (46.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
3.0 (37.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −33.2 (−27.8) |
−34.2 (−29.6) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
2.7 (36.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−22.9 (−9.2) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−34.2 (−29.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48 (1.9) |
34 (1.3) |
39 (1.5) |
37 (1.5) |
48 (1.9) |
65 (2.6) |
95 (3.7) |
93 (3.7) |
96 (3.8) |
83 (3.3) |
91 (3.6) |
68 (2.7) |
797 (31.5) |
Source: NOAA[7] |
References
- ^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish and Latin). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. pp. 96–97, 214–215.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 110.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "German Camps". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "German Oflag Camps". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Savivaldybės partneriai". silute.lt (in Lithuanian). Šilutė. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Silute Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
External links
- Municipal website (in Lithuanian)