Marcinkonys Eldership () is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the south western part of
Varėna District Municipality
Varėna () is a city in Dzūkija, southern Lithuania. It is the capital of the Varėna district municipality, district of Varėna. Currently, there are 7,794 residents. The Varėna district is the largest and most forested Municipalities of Lithu ...
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Geography
Marcinkonys Eldership is mostly covered by the Dainava Forest and it is the second most sparsely populated and largest eldership in Lithuania (by area comparable to
Kazlų Rūda Municipality
Kazlų Rūda Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic S ...
). It is in the Dainava Plain, undulated with massifs of continental dunes. The
Čepkeliai Marsh
The Čepkeliai Marsh () is the largest bog (a mire) in Lithuania. Located in Varėna District Municipality, south of Marcinkonys village and north of Kotra River, which flows along the Belarus–Lithuania border in this area. Its area is a nat ...
is located at its southern part. Most of the eldership is inside the
Dzūkija National Park
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Dzūkija National Park is a national park in Dzūkija, Lithuania, located 100 kilometers southwest from the capital, Vilnius, and 100 kilometers south from Kaunas. It was established on April 23, 1991 by the Supreme Court of the Republic ...
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* Rivers:
Merkys
The Merkys () is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus. It flows for through Belarus, along the Belarusian–Lithuanian border, and through Lithuania before joining the Nemunas from the right bank near Merkinė.
The Merkys is m ...
Čepkeliai Marsh
The Čepkeliai Marsh () is the largest bog (a mire) in Lithuania. Located in Varėna District Municipality, south of Marcinkonys village and north of Kotra River, which flows along the Belarus–Lithuania border in this area. Its area is a nat ...
Dzūkija National Park
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Dzūkija National Park is a national park in Dzūkija, Lithuania, located 100 kilometers southwest from the capital, Vilnius, and 100 kilometers south from Kaunas. It was established on April 23, 1991 by the Supreme Court of the Republic ...
*Wooden Catholic churches in Marcinkonys and Kabeliai villages
*Dzūkian Etnographical Museum in Marcinkonys
*Dzūkian Traditional Beekeeping Museum in Musteika
*Etnographical villages of Musteika, Margionys, Dubininkas, Zervynos, Mardasavas.
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Gražina Didelytė
Gražina Didelytė-Abaravičienė (2 October, 1938 – January 2, 2007) was a Lithuanian graphic artist and book illustrator.
Biography
Gražina Didelytė has born in a suburban (at that time) area of Kaunas in 1938. She graduated Kaunas Salomėja ...
gallery "Andeinė" in Rudnia.
*Folk theater in Margionys.
*Old beekeeping hollows in pine trees (''dravės'').
*'Lietuvio' lime tree in Margionys.
*Skroblus river source "Woman's Garden" (''Bobos Daržas'') in Margionys.
*Ūla river cliffs between Zervynos and Mančiagirė.
*The source "Ūla Eye" (''Ūlos akis'') nearby Mančiagirė.
Populated places
Following settlements are located in the Marcinkonys Eldership (as for the 2021 census):https://osp.stat.gov.lt/lt/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=d29f7ead-91fc-4259-94b6-b0ef3f7dc870#/