Kaišiadorys

Kaišiadorys ( ⓘ, German: Koschedaren) is a city in central Lithuania.

It is situated between Vilnius and Kaunas. Kaišiadorys is one of six Lithuanian diocese centres. It is home to the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ built in 1932. The Lithuanian Veterinary Institute is located there.

Kaišiadorys
City
Kaišiadorys Cathedral
Coat of arms of Kaišiadorys
Kaišiadorys is located in Lithuania
Kaišiadorys
Kaišiadorys
Location of Kaišiadorys
Coordinates: 54°52′N 24°27′E / 54.867°N 24.450°E / 54.867; 24.450
CountryKaišiadorys Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
CountyKaišiadorys Kaunas County
MunicipalityKaišiadorys district municipality
EldershipKaišiadorys town eldership
Capital ofKaišiadorys district municipality
Kaišiadorys town eldership
Kaišiadorys rural eldership
First mentioned1590
Granted city rights1946
Population
 (2021)
 • Total8,334
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Etymology

The name of the town was first mentioned in the written sources in 1590. It is believed to originate from the name of a nobleman Chašaidaras, an ethnic Tatar, who was enlisted to the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army in 1565. In the area of the present day town, the nobleman had some land and a mansion, referred to by his name, which later became the name of the settlement.

History

The city expanded when a railroad connecting Vilnius with Liepāja was built in 1871. During the First World War, the town was occupied by the Germans in 1915, and it became the capital of an administrative unit for the first time. In 1919 the first train departed from Kaišiadorys to Radviliškis. When Trakai and the rest of the Vilnius Region became part of Poland, Kaišiadorys became the temporary capital of the Trakai Apskritis.

On August, 1941, the Jewish population of the town and surroundings was murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanian nationalists.

Notable people

References

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