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Žaiginys is a small town in Kaunas County located in central Lithuania, in the northeast of Raseiniai District Municipality. As of 2011 it had a population of 335.[1] Its name is derived from the Lithuanian word žaiginys, referring to wooden frames used to dry hay or grain. [2]
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Žaiginys | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 55°29′30″N 23°20′0″E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | Kaunas County |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 335 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Žaiginys manor was first mentioned in 1575. There was a brewery making vodka and bitter. The first Žaiginys church, Church of St. Antanas Paduvietis, was built in 1664 or 1684.[citation needed] In 1716, Žaiginys manor was granted trading privileges. The manor owner, Jacob Nagurski, invited Franciscans to Žaiginys in 1762. The Franciscans operated a monastery between 1764 and 1832, which was the last monastery established in the Samogitia region during the Republic of Two Nations period. Nicholas I of Russia closed the monastery in the 1830s, and the Žaiginys church became a branch of Šiluva parish.[3]
From 1907-1915 there was a private school that later burnt down.[citation needed]
During the Second World War, anti-Soviet partisans were active.[citation needed]
In Soviet times, the town was the center of the neighborhood and the central settlement of the Žaiginys Soviet farm settlement (founded in 1959).
Administracinis-teritorinis pavaldumas | ||
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XIX a. – 1947 m. | Šiluvos valsčius | Raseinių apskritis |
1947–1950 m. | Žaiginio valsčiaus centras | |
1950–1954 m. | Žaiginio apylinkės centras | Tytuvėnų rajonas |
1954–1959 m. | Žalakiškių apylinkės centras | |
1959–1988 m. | Žaiginio apylinkės centras | Raseinių rajonas |
1988–1995 m. | Šiluvos apylinkė | |
1995– | Šiluvos seniūnija | Raseinių rajono savivaldybė |
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