Druskininkai

? Listen Druskininkai / i ( German, 18th Century: Druscheniken, Polish Druskieniki ) is a town with 16,107 inhabitants and a municipality 24,861 inhabitants in Lithuania.

Location and population

Druskininkai is situated in the historic landscape Dzukija, approximately 130 km south-west of the state capital Vilnius and 40 km north of Grodno (Russian Grodno, Belarus ) located at the Memel. The resort is famous for its scenic location surrounded by morainic hills in a forest landscape. The municipality has 24,755 inhabitants, of which alone in the city Druskininka 16 263 people live.

History

The town's name probably comes from the Lithuanian word " Druska ", which means salt. Druskininkai was appointed by Tsar Nicholas I to the city in 1837. In addition, the Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis spent his childhood in the city.

Not far from Druskininkai is the Grutas Park, a " museum" with statues and monuments of the Soviet period.

Twinning

  • Elblag (Poland )
  • Strzelce (Poland )
  • Ystad (Sweden), since 2000

Daughters and sons

  • Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973), French artist ( sculptor )
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