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Plinkaigalis Lake
The Plinkaigalis Lake (, also Minaga) is a lake in Krakės Eldership, Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located to the west from Krakės town, at Plinkaigalis village. It belongs to the Šušvė basin (part of the Nevėžis basin). Coasts of the lake are high, covered by meadows. Nearby the Plinkaigalis Hillfort is located. The lake is inside Pašušvys Landscape Sanctuary Pašušvys is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore .... The name comes from the village name ''Plinkaigalis''. The name ''Minaga'' means ' lampern'. References {{reflist, refs= {{cite book , last= Vanagas , first= Aleksandras , author-link=Aleksandras Vanagas , date=1981 , title= Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas , url= , location=Vilnius , publisher=Mokslas , page= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population was 23,051. The Kėdainiai Old Town dates to the 17th century and many of its historical buildings were preserved. The town is the administrative centre of the Kėdainiai District Municipality. The geographical centre of the Lithuania is in the nearby village of Ruoščiai in the Elderships of Lithuania, eldership of Dotnuva. In a ring of five miles, the St Jurgis church is surrounded by smaller villages – Lančiūnava, , Labūnava, Josvainiai, Dotnuva, Kalnaberžė. Names The city has been known by other names: ''Kiejdany'' in Polish language, Polish, ''Keidan'' (קיידאן) in Yiddish (language), Yiddish, and ''Kedahnen'' in German (language), German. Kėdainiai other alternate forms includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krakės Eldership
Krakės Eldership () is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the northwestern part of Kėdainiai District Municipality. Eldership was created from the Krakės ''selsovet'' in 1993. Geography The territory of Krakės Eldership is located in the East Samogitian Plateau. Relief is mostly flat, in some places slightly undulated. Altitudes reach 100–105 meters above the sea level. * Rivers: Šušvė with its tributaries (Ažytė, Pečiupė, Pilsupys, Skerdūmė), Smilga with its tributaries (Jaugila, Smilgaitis, Tranys). * Lakes and ponds: Baublys, Rukai Lake, Jaugiliai Lake, Rimkai Lake, Plinkaigalis Lake, part of the Angiriai Reservoir, Skerdūmė Pond. * Forests: Krakės-Dotnuva Forest, Josvainiai Forest, Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest. * Protected areas: Pajieslys Geomorphological Sanctuary, Pašušvys Landscape Sanctuary, Smilga Landscape Sanctuary, Baublys Ornitological Sanctuary, Vosbučiai Botanical-Zoological Sanctuary, Zembiškis Forest Botanical Sanctuary. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krakės
Krakės (formerly ''Krakiai'' ) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Smilgaitis River. In the town, there are the Catholic church of St. Matthew the Evangelist (built in 1907), Mikalojus Katkus gymnasium, library, medicine station, St. Catherine women convent, Krakės Agriculture Cooperative with former culture center, swimming pool and shop (built in 1983, architect K. Žalnierius). There is the Vytautas Ulevičius museum of wooden sculptures. Krakės is on the eastern boundary of the Nevėžis Plain, on the Krakės Ridge (altitude 95–100 meters). Roads go to Betygala, Grinkiškis, Kėdainiai, Bokštai, Gudžiūnai and Josvainiai. The Krakės-Dotnuva Forest is 2–3 km away from the town. Etymology The name of the town derives from the personal name ''Krãkė'' (whose meaning is believed to be either "black woodpecker, red-headed woodpecker" or " Crucian carp" in the local dialect). During the interwar period of the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plinkaigalis
Plinkaigalis (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 319 people. It is located from Krakės, along the Krakės-Betygala road, on the right bank of the Šušvė river, on the shore of the Plinkaigalis Lake. There is the Plinkaigalis hillfort on the confluence of the Šušvė and Žiedupė. Also an ancient burial place with rich grave goods had been found nearby. History Plinkaigalis village is known since 1595. In 1632 eleven families lived here and six in 1662. During the 18th century the village once had been deserted but later repopulated as the Krakės manor settlement. During the Soviet era it was a ''kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šušvė
Šušvė () is a river in central Lithuania, a right (the longest) tributary of the Nevėžis river. It begins in Kelmė district municipality, 6 km (4 mi) southeast from Tytuvėnai. The 134.6 km (83.6 mi) long river passes through Tytuvėnai and Sulinkiai Marshes and flows south through Radviliškis district municipality. Finally, Šušvė passes through Kėdainiai district municipality and flows into the Nevėžis near Graužiai village. The width of the river valley is between 0.5 and 3 km. From December to March Šušvė is usually frozen. Dams were built at Vaitiekūnai and Angiriai ( Angiriai Reservoir). The Šušvė Hydrological Sanctuary was established in 1992 to protect the lower courses of the river. The main towns and villages by the Šušvė river are Šiaulėnai, Pašušvys (Radviliškis municipality), Grinkiškis, Vaitiekūnai, Pašušvys (Kėdainiai municipality), Angiriai Angiriai or Angeriai (meaning 'a place on woods', formerly , ) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis (; ) is the List of rivers of Lithuania, sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Neman (river), Nemunas. The long Nevėžis flows entirely within Lithuania.Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania 2014 p. 12 Among the rivers that flow exclusively within Lithuania's borders, the Nevėžis is the second longest, after the Šventoji River, Šventoji. Its Source (river or stream), source is in the Anykščiai District Municipality. The river first flows in a northwesterly direction, but at Panevėžys it turns southwest, and passing Kėdainiai, flows into the Neman just west of Kaunas near Raudondvaris. Name There is a popular misconception that the name ''Nevėžis'' means 'a river without crayfish' because ''vėžys'' is the Lithuania ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meadow
A meadow ( ) is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non- woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as they maintain an open character. Meadows can occur naturally under favourable conditions but are often artificially created from cleared shrub or woodland for the production of hay, fodder or livestock. Meadow habitats as a group are characterized as semi-natural grasslands, meaning that they are largely composed of species native to the region, with only limited human intervention. Meadows attract a multitude of wildlife and support flora and fauna that could not thrive in other habitats. They are ecologically important since they provide areas for animal courtship displays, nesting, food gathering, pollinating insects, and sometimes sheltering if the vegetation is high enough. Intensified agricultural practices (too frequent mowing, use of mineral fertilizers, manure and insecticides) may lead to declin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pašušvys Landscape Sanctuary
Pašušvys is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P .... As of 2011 it had a population of 331. References Towns in Lithuania Towns in Šiauliai County {{ŠiauliaiCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European River Lamprey
The European river lamprey (''Lampetra fluviatilis''), also known as the river lamprey or lampern, is a species of freshwater lamprey. Description Adult river lampreys measure from in the marine forms and up to in the lake forms. The very elongated body is uniformly dark grey on top, paler to yellowish off-white on the sides and pure white underneath. Like all lampreys, they lack paired fins and have a circular sucking disc instead of jaws. They have a single nostril and seven small gill slits on each side behind the eye. The teeth are sharp and these fish can be distinguished from the somewhat smaller brook lamprey (''Lampetra planeri'') by the fact that the two dorsal fins are more widely separated. Distribution The European river lamprey is found in coastal waters around almost all of Europe from the northwestern Mediterranean Sea north to the lakes of Finland, Scotland, Norway (Mjøsa), Wales ( Cors Caron), and Russia, including rivers in the Alps; especially in Nakkila, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
