
Romainiai is a city part (''miesto dalys'') in the northwestern part of
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...
, Lithuania, north of . It is part of the
Å ilainiai elderate
Å ilainiai is a neighborhood in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, consisting of mostly Soviet-built microdistricts completed in the 1980s. Part of larger Å ilainiai elderate which is one of the largest elderates in the city, consisting of Milikon ...
(since 2000).
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Romaniai lies by the Romaniai Street within the Romaniai forest park. To the east of Romaniai forest there is the Linkuva forest and the Å ilainiai forest to the west.[ ]
History
Romaniai was first mentioned in the 14th century in the Teutonic Order
The Teutonic Order is a religious order (Catholic), Catholic religious institution founded as a military order (religious society), military society in Acre, Israel, Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Sa ...
chronicles. It was annexed to Kaunas in 1997.[
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See also
* Subdivisions of Kaunas
References
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Kaunas