Plateliai

Plateliai ( žemaitisch Platelē ) is a town ( miestelis ) and the center of the eponymous administrative district ( seniūnija ) the Rajongemeinde Plunge in the region of Lower Lithuania in the western part of Lithuania.

In the city houses the administration of the National Park Žemaitija.

Geography

In the area of the National Park, the Niederlitauische hills with height variations is 106-195 m above sea level. Plateliai located on the shores of the lake Plateliai with a size of 1200 ha and a depth of up to 47 m.

History

In the 14th century the village was first mentioned. At that time he was on a peninsula in the lake Plateliai. The settlement was burned down in the 17th century, then the village on the present site was built.

In the center of town there is a statue of St Florian protect against fires and a stele from 1928, reminiscent of the then ten years of independence of the country. The local church was built in 1744 as the fourth house of God at this point. She is one of the oldest wooden baroque churches in Lithuania.