Labūnava (formerly russian: Лабуновъ, Лабуново, pl, Łabunów) is a village in

Kėdainiai district municipality Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to ...

, in

Kaunas County Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished. Symbols The county's coat of arms can be blazon ...

, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 747 people. It is located from

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to ...

, on the left bank of the

Nevėžis The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania.Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Ži ...

. The Labūnava Reservoir on the Barupė is located next to the village. There is a kidergarden, a library, a school, a forestry, an agriculture cooperative, a Catholic church of the Divine, a cemetery, some relics of the former manor (two towers, hunter house).

History

During the 14th century, Labūnava was under attacks from the

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. It was mentioned for the first time in

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, in the chronicle of

Hermann von Wartberge Hermann von Wartberge (died ca. 1380) was a chronicler of the Livonian Order. Born in Westphalia, Wartberge was a Catholic priest and author of the valuable Latin chronicle ''Chronicon Livoniale'' covering the history of the Livonian Crusade fro ...

. The Labūnava Manor has been known since the 16th century. Labūnava has been burnt during Napoleon's campaign in 1812. Labūnava developed greatly during the Soviet era. It became a center of the "Eastern Dawn" ''

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., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership o ...

''. This ''kolkhoz'' was one of the leading ones in all

Lithuanian SSR The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

. Labūnava settlement was awarded at the USSR People's Achievements' Exposition in 1978.

Demography

Notable people

* Etela Karpickienė (born in 1966), economist, the Seimas member (2006–2008). * Vaclovas Daujotas-Labunauskis, 16th-17th century Samogitian poet. *

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(born in 1989), handicapped athlete, European vice-champion.

Images

Labūnava - panoramio (1).jpg, Labūnava Manor tower Labunava6.jpg, Barupė street Labunavos Dievo Apvaizdos baznycia.jpg, Labūnava Church Labūnava. Vytautas.JPG,

Vytautas Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great (Lithuanian: ', be, Вітаўт, ''Vitaŭt'', pl, Witold Kiejstutowicz, ''Witold Aleksander'' or ''Witold Wielki'' Ruthenian: ''Vitovt'', Latin: ''Alexander Vitoldus'', Ol ...

monument in the Labūnava cemetery

References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub