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Vievis (pronunciation (help·info)) is a smaw ceety in Elektrėnai Municipality, Lithuanie. It is locatit 14 km east o Elektrėnai. The ceety is surroondit bi Loch Vievis.
Vievis | |
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Ceety | |
Coordinates: 54°46′30″N 24°48′30″E | |
Kintra | Lithuanie |
Ethnographic region | Dzūkija |
Coonty | Vilnius Coonty |
Municipality | Elektrėnai Municipality |
Eldership | Vievis eldership |
Caipital o | Vievis eldership |
First mentioned | 1539 |
Granted city rights | 1950 |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 5,246 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
In 1522 year the Vievis manor, in 1539 year - toun, which belangit tae Ogiński faimily, wis mentioned. In the first hauf o 16t century the first Catholic kirk wis biggit thare.
Aboot 1600, Ogiński faimily biggit a Uniate kirk an foondit the Abbey o the Holy Spirit (Lithuanie: Šventosios dvasios). At the beginnin o the 17t century a printin press wis establisht near the abbey, notable for printin beuks bi various Protestant Calvinist scholars.[1]
In 1794 an 1812, the kirk burned doun an wis rebiggit in 1816. In 1837 an Orthodox kirk wis biggit.
In the period atween Warld War I an Warld War II, Vievis was near the dividing line atween Lithuanie an Poland. The toun uised tae be amang those wi the lairgest Pols population, wi roughly 77% inhabitants identifeein thairsels as Poles. In 2011 census, anerly 10.9% o inhabitants identifee'd thairsels as Poles as well as 3.74% Roushies an 82.56% Lithuanies.[2]
The 17t century printin press became the raison why a 1970s samizdat jurnal "Lustra dzion" editit bi Vincuk Viačorka citit "Jewie" as the place o its publishin (even tho it wis in fact publisht in Minsk).[3] The printin press is featured on the modren coat o airms o the ceety an aw, adoptit in 1999.
The Lithuanie Road Museum is in the ceety.
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