TytuvÄ—nai

Tytuvėnai is a small city in Lithuania. It has the status of a municipal office ( miesto seniūnija ) in the Rajongemeinde Kelmė in the region of Lower Lithuania. The town is located between the lakes and Bridvaišis Gilius and has about 2,700 inhabitants.

The place was first mentioned in the 14th century, the name derives from the river Tytuva. In the 17th century, it established a Bernardine monastery. The architectural ensemble is well preserved until today, but is no longer used as a monastery.

In Tytuvėnai a helipad has been specially for the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1993 Siluva built and the road paved up Siluva.

During the part of the Soviet Union Tytuvėnai was a center of industrial peat extraction. Most of Moore in the area were destroyed and have not yet been rehabilitated again, even though they are integrated into the Regional Park Tytuvėnai. Economically, more recently, tourism is important.