Macikai is a village in
Å ilutÄ— District Municipality
Å ilutÄ— (; previously ''Å ilokarÄiama''; ) is a city in the south of the KlaipÄ—da County in western Lithuania. The city was part of the KlaipÄ—da Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor. Å ilutÄ— was the interwar period, interwar capital of Å ...
, Lithuania, 2 km east of
Å ilute. The village is within the . The river flows around Macikai along its northwestern and northeastern edges.
[Macikai]
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History
Early metntions about Macikai are dated by the 16th century. In 17th century, the was established on the left bank of Šyša.
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When in ]Province of Prussia
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König ...
, the village name was Matzicken.
During 1939–1955 there were German and Soviet Macikai POW and GULAG Camps
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by the village.[
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Notable people
*Hermann Sudermann
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Life
Early career
Sudermann was born at Matzicken, a village to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia (now Macikai, in southwestern ...
(1857 – 1928), Mennonite
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writer was born and lived for some time in Matzicken, in the outbuilding of the Macikai Manor.[Sudermann, Hermann, ''Das Bilderbuch meiner Jugend, Roman einer Zeit'', , 2009]
* (1930 - 2012), Lithuanian diaspora
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activist was born in Macikai.
References
Å ilutÄ— District Municipality
Villages in KlaipÄ—da County
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