Anykščiai

Listen anykščiai? / I (Polish Onikszty, German Onikschten ) is a Lithuanian town and seat of Rajongemeinde same name. It lies at the confluence of the rivers šventoji and Anykšta. It is surrounded by rural, hilly landscape with 76 lakes.

County

The district includes the management communities Andrioniškis, Kavarskas, Svėdasai, anykščiai, Kurkliai, Traupis, Debeikiai, Skiemonys, Troskunai.

Rajongemeinde

The Rajongemeinde ( Anykščių rajono savivaldybė ) comprises the three cities anykščiai ( 11,620 inhabitants), Kavarskas ( population 678 ) and Troskunai ( 468 inhabitants), the 8 town ( miesteliai ) Andrioniškis, Debeikiai, Kurkliai, Skiemonys, Surdegis, Svėdasai ( 1002 inhabitants), and Traupis Viesintos, and 758 villages.

It is divided into administrative districts ( seniūnijos ):

• Andrioniškis
• Anykščiai, has about 1000 inhabitants more than the city
• Debeikiai
• Kavarskas
• Kurkliai
• Skiemonys
• Svėdasai
• Traupis
• Troskunai
• Viesintos

City

Archaeological finds indicate earliest traces of settlement since 9000 BC The first known mention of anykščiai dates of 22 July 1440th The city rights in addition to arms were granted on 17 January 1792. The coat of arms depicts St. Nepomuk on a river bridge between two hills.

There are more than 250 cultural monuments. Anykščiai is called the City of important Lithuanian writer, even the " Weimar Lithuania ". 2012 was the city's culture capital of Lithuania.

Attractions

" Granary " of Antanas Baranauskas ( Antano Baranausko klėtelė )

Antanas Baranauskas was bishop, mathematician, poet, linguist and author of Psalms. In the " granary ", which served as a guest during his summer holidays, he wrote in his hymn to Lithuania 1858-1859 " grove of anykščiai ". The building is preserved in its original and can be visited.

House of the writer A. Vienuolis - Žukauskas

Antanas Vienuolis - Žukauskas (1882 -1957) is a Lithuanian classics; He is an author of many novels, stories, short stories and legends.

St. Matthias Church

The St. Matthias church was built from 1899 to 1909. It determines the skyline of anykščiai. Your first towers were 84 meters high, the current measure 79 meters. It is the tallest church in Lithuania.

More attractions

• Regional Park anykščiai
• Puntukas (a huge boulder )
• Horse Museum anykščiai
• Wooden synagogue in Kurkliai (14 miles)
• Narrow gauge railway (750 mm) Panevėžys - Anykščiai - Rubikiai (69 km ) (- Utena / decommissioned)

Sons and daughters

• Jonas Andriškevičius (* 1944 in Debeikiai ), General, Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces ( 1993-1999).
• Artūras Leita (born 1969 in the village Vaivadiškiai ), Commander of the Lithuanian Air Forces ( since 2006).

Community partnerships

• Italy Castel Forte, Italy
• United States Katanville, United States
• Germany Heek, Germany
• Latvia Madona, Latvia
• Olaine Latvia, Latvia
• Edeshege Sweden, Sweden
• Sejny Poland, Poland
• Norway Os in Østerdalen, Norway
• Czech Republic Nepomuk (city), Czech Republic