Griškabūdis is a small town in

Marijampolė County Marijampolė County ( lt, Marijampolės apskritis; pl, Okręg mariampolski) is one of the ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the south of the country in the historical Suvalkija region, and its capital is the town Marijampolė Marijampol� ...

, in southwestern Lithuania. As of 2011, the town has a population of 857 people.

History

The settlement started to develop towards the end of the seventeenth century. In the beginning, it was a

wood processing Wood processing is an engineering discipline in the wood industry comprising the production of forest products, such as pulp and paper, construction materials, and tall oil. Paper engineering is a subfield of wood processing. The major wood ...

area from which the timber was transported to Danzig. The very first time that the town called Griškabūdis was mentioned was in 1697–1706 s in the Sintautai church heritage books. In 1715–1741 s it consisted of 16-22 households and in 1742–1743 s they built the first wooden church (chapel), which oversaw the Naumiestis Basieji Carmelites in which the Carmelite Monastery was founded and in 1805 it had been repealed. In 1796 they had built a new wooden church. The Carmelites contributed to the spiritual formation of the local population. From 1765s Griškabūdis had been started to be called a town.

Gallery

File:Griškabūdis, bažnyčia.JPG, Church File:Griškabūdis, bažnyčios priekis.JPG, Front of the church File:Griškabūdis, bažnyčios varpinė.JPG, Church belfry File:Griškabūdis, seniūnija.JPG, Town municipality building

References

Towns in Lithuania Towns in Marijampolė County Šakiai District Municipality Suwałki Governorate {{MarijampolėCounty-geo-stub