Endriejavas ( pl, Andrzejewo) is a small town in
Klaipėda County
Klaipėda County ( lt, Klaipėdos apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania, bordering Tauragė County to the southeast, Telšiai County to the northeast, Kurzeme in Latvia to the north, and Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia to the south. To ...
, in northwestern
Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 640 people.
Historically it was a
private town
A private town is a town owned by a private person or a family.
History of Private Towns in Poland
In the history of Poland, private towns (''miasta prywatne'') were towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights, princes, etc.
...
of the Racewicz
Polish landed gentry
Polish landed gentry ( pl, ziemiaństwo, ziemianie, from ''ziemia'', "land") was a social group or class of hereditary landowners who held manorial estates. Historically, ''ziemianie'' consisted of hereditary nobles (''szlachta'') and landed co ...
family. In 1780, Andrzej Racewicz built a wooden Catholic church dedicated to
St. Andrew
Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...
.
Marian Kałuski
Marian Kałuski (born in 1946 in Chełmno) - Polish-Australian journalist, writer, historian and traveler (visited 90 countries).
Biography
He has been living in Australia since 1964. He studies Poles' history in Australia and the world, Pol ...
"Litwa Kowieńska: tam była Polska"
(retrieved January 12, 2011)
References
Towns in Lithuania
Towns in Klaipėda County
Rossiyensky Uyezd
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