Joniškis
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Joniškis (
Name
Joniškis is the Lithuanian name of the town. Historical versions of the name in other languages include Polish: Janiszki, Russian: Янишки Yanishki, Yiddish: יאַנישאָק Yanishok, Latvian: Jānišķe, and German: Jonischken.
History
Joniškis was established in the beginning of the 16th century. It was mentioned in written sources on 23 February 1536 when
During World War II, the town was under Soviet occupation from 1940, and then under German occupation from 1941 to 1944. In late 1941, 148 Jewish men were shot near Joniškis in the nearby forest. The remaining Jews (men, women and children) were murdered in the forest in September 1941. 493 people were murdered in total by an Einsatzgruppen of Joniškis policemen and Lithuanian nationalists supervised by the Germans.[2]
Infrastructure
With the Church of the Accession of the Holy Virgin Mary (founded in 1901) and a complex of two Jewish synagogues – The Red Synagogue (built in 1897) and The White Synagogue (built in 1823) – at its center, the town has the status of an urban architectural heritage site.[3]
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Climate
Joniškis has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
Climate data for Joniškis | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5 (41) |
1.2 (34.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
7 (45) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
7.5 (45.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
2.1 (35.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
4.9 (40.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.1 (39.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
40 (1.6) |
41 (1.6) |
45 (1.8) |
62 (2.4) |
72 (2.8) |
85 (3.3) |
72 (2.8) |
56 (2.2) |
59 (2.3) |
52 (2.0) |
45 (1.8) |
674 (26.4) |
Source: https://en.climate-data.org/europe/lithuania/siauliai-county/joniskis-12767/ |
Gallery
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Border mark
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City municipality main building
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Pedestrian street
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White Synagogue
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Central street (former market square)
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Reconstructed former market square
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Old town
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Joniškis Centre of Culture
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Joniškis School of Arts
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Basketball museum
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Court
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
- Auce, Latvia
- Dobele, Latvia
- Jelgava Municipality, Latvia
- Konin, Poland
- Novoselitsky District, Russia
- Sulingen, Germany
- Ungheni, Moldova
- Vimmerby, Sweden
- Võru, Estonia
References
- ^ Joniškis. Mūsų Lietuva, T. 3. Bostonas: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. 1966. p. 58.
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
- ^ "Lithuanian Heritage Registry". kvr.kpd.lt. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Joniskis Synagogue Complex". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Joniškis White Synagogue Re-Opens". LZB.lt. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ Special to The New York Times (1973-11-27). "Laurence Harvey, Screen Actor, Is Dead at 45 - Attained Stardom With Role in 'Room at the Top' The Screen's Perfect Cad Enigmatic Flamboyance Was Also in 'Butterfield 8 and 'Manchurian Candidate' An Arrogant Manner - Article - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ^ "Miestai partneriai". joniskis.lt (in Lithuanian). Joniškio rajono savivaldybė. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
External links
- Official site Archived 2019-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- The murder of the Jews of Joniškis during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.