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Senasis Daugėliškis
Senasis Daugėliškis is a street village in Ignalina District Municipality, Utena County, Lithuania. In the past it was known simply Daugėliškis, without distinguishing it from ("New Daugėliškis") established in the 19th century nearby.''Voruta (newspaper), Voruta''no. 6 (720), 2011 p.11 has an article "Daugėliškis ir Pacai" (Daugėliškis and ) on the history of Daugėliškis The place name is derived from the personal name :lt:Daugėla, Daugėla/Daugėlas. ''Lithuanian toponymic geoinformation database'' Notes References Ignalina District Municipality {{UtenaCounty-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Village
A linear settlement is a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line. Many of these settlements are formed along a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Others form due to physical restrictions, such as coastlines, mountains, hills or valleys. Linear settlements may have no obvious centre. In the case of settlements built along a route, the route predated the settlement, and then the settlement grew along the transport route. Often, it is only a single street with houses on either side of the road. Mileham, Norfolk, England is an example of this pattern. Later development may add side turnings and districts away from the original main street. Places such as Southport, England developed in this way. A linear settlement is in contrast with ribbon development, which is the outward spread of an existing town along a main street, and with a nucleated settlement, which is a group of buildings clustered around a central po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignalina District Municipality
Ignalina District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. Structure District structure: * 2 cities – Dūkštas and Ignalina; * 3 towns – Mielagėnai, Rimšė and Tverečius; * 726 villages. * Ignalina District Municipality consists of 12 smaller administration units - elderships. Population of largest Ignalina District Municipality elderships (2014-07-01): *Ignalina town – 5605 *Didžiasalis – 1691 *Vidiškės – 1278 *Dūkštas – 1756 *Kazitiškis – 1039 * – 1491 *Mielagėnai – 887 *Ceikiniai – 533 *Linkmenys – 970 *Rimšė – 999 *Tverečius – 590 In total - 18414 inhabitants. Elderships Ignalina District Municipality is divided into 12 elderships: Nature and geography File:Lusiu ezeras.jpg, Lūšiai File:Pliateriu akmuo.jpg, Rock of Pliateriai File:Srove (river) 1.jpg, The Srovė (river), Srovė river See also *Aukštaitija National Park References [Baidu] |
Utena County
Utena County () is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the country's most sparsely populated county. The capital and the largest city in the county is Utena, which is from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished. Since that date, Utena County remains as a territorial and statistical unit. It borders Latvia. History Utena is one of the oldest settlements in Lithuania and is mentioned in historical chronicles as early as in 1261. Municipalities It is divided into six municipalities: Economy The county has a well-developed network of roads. Main branches of economy are textile, food and timber processing, beer and wine production, power engineering. Tourism Utena County is the second most popular tourism destination in Lithuania (after the seaside). Approximately 31% of territory is covered with forests. There are 1002 lakes in the county. They are connected by rivers and provide good opportunities for water tourism. One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voruta (newspaper)
''Voruta'' is a Lithuanian weekly historical newspaper, founded in 1989 by Juozas Vercinkevičius. Preparations for publishing Voruta started in 1988 and the first trial issue was published in 1989. Edvardas Gudavičius, Regina Žepkaitė, Antanas Tyla, Arūnas Bubnys, Vincas Martinkėnas, Zigmas Zinkevičius, Nastazija Kairiūkštytė, Stasys Buchaveckas, Kęstutis Makariūnas, Antanas Suraučius, Juozas Vaina, Kazimieras Garšva, Evaldas Gečiauskas among other authors published their works in Voruta. The newspaper is named after Voruta, a mythical capital of the Lithuania established in the time of King Mindaugas in the 13th century. Criticism The newspaper has been noted for leaning towards nationalistic and anti-Polish bias, particularly in the early 1990s, Algis Kasperavičius, Współcześni historycy litewscy o sprawie Wilna i stosunkach polsko-litewskich w latach 1918-1940 oraz zmiany w potocznej świadomości Litwinów'', in ''Historycy polscy, litewscy i bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
