Antalieptė

Antalieptė ([anˈtaːlʲɛpteː]) (Polish: Antolepty) is a small town in Zarasai district municipality, near the Duseta–Daugailiai road and the right bank of the Šventoji riverhead. The town is also 4 km from the village of Zabičiūnai.

Antalieptė
Town
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Antalieptė Location of Antalieptė, Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°39′40″N 25°52′01″E
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
Town	Utena County
Municipality	Zarasai district municipality
First mentioned	1897
Population  (2011)
• Total	278
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.antaliepte.lt

Antalieptė has a secondary school and post office (postode: LT-32013). In Šventoji valley there is the Antalieptė Cross Discovery church, also there was Antalieptė Discalced Carmelites monastery. Antalieptė also has House of Culture, library (from 1941) and a water mill (built 1855 from broken and round rocks, red bricks and lime; mill was working until 1966).

History

According to the 1897 census, 85.5% of the population of the town was Jewish. The Jews immigrated before World War II or were murdered during the Holocaust in Nazi occupied Lithuania by both Germans and Lithuanians.^[1][2]

References

1. "History | Virtual Shtetl". Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
2. "АНТОЛЕПТЕ — Российская Еврейская Энциклопедия". rujen.ru. Retrieved 18 March 2023.