Nemenčinė
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Nemenčinė (
Names
Nemenčinė is the original name of the town reflected in historical documents and still in use today.
History
Lithuanian wooden castle and the mound stood in Nemenčinė in 10-14th centuries. The settlement started to grow around the castle. In 1387, following the
In 1613, the town was marked on the map of the
On 20 September 1941, 403 Jews from the town were massacred in a mass execution. 128 men, 186 women and 99 children were shot by an Einsatzgruppen of local Nazi collaborators. In 1971, a monument was erected on the execution site.[2]
Ethnic composition
The ethnic composition of Nemenčinė is as follows:[3]
Total population in 2011 – 5054
- Poles56,5% (2858)
- Lithuanians 27,1% (1368)
- Russians 9,2% (463)
- Belarusians 3,6% (183)
- Ukrainians 0,9% (43)
- Others 2,4% (120)
Total population in 2021 – 4831
- Poles55,7% (2690)
- Lithuanians 29,1% (1407)
- Russians 8,1% (391)
- Belarusians 2,9% (138)
- Ukrainians 0,8% (38)
- Others 3,3% (160)
International partnership
Nemenčinė is
Sports
In 14 of September 2017 Nemenčinė Biathlon Stadium was opened and become a second operating Biathlon course in Lithuania (first being Ignalina Winter Sports Centre).[5]
People
- Zdzisław Balicki, Polish Sejm deputy
- Miroslava Ritskiavitchius, Lithuanian handball player that represented Germany at 1996 Olympics
References
- ^ a b A. Vanagas. Lietuvos miestų vardai. p.151-152
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
- ^ Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of Republic of Lithuania Archived 1 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego - Współpraca Międzynarodowa
- ^ Atidaryta biatlono šaudykla ir rekonstruotas Nemenčinės stadionas
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