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Lygumai

Coordinates: 56°0′20″N 23°39′30″E / 56.00556°N 23.65833°E / 56.00556; 23.65833
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Lygumai
Town
Central square
Central square
Coat of arms of Lygumai
Lygumai is located in Lithuania
Lygumai
Lygumai
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 56°0′20″N 23°39′30″E / 56.00556°N 23.65833°E / 56.00556; 23.65833
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
CountyŠiauliai County
Population
 (2011)
 • Total601
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Lygumai is a small town in Pakruojis District Municipality, Šiauliai County, northern-central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 601.[1] It is the administrative center of the Lygumai elderate [lt].

History

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In 15th century the Lygumai estate of the Grand Duke of Lithuania was mentioned.[2]

Within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the place was also known under the Polonized name Ligumy. It is known that the place was given by Stanisław II August to a royal geometer (surveyor) Czapski for the general survey of royal table estates [pl] and later changed owners several times.[3]

In the beginning of August 1941, during the German occupation of Lithuania, the Jews of the village, about 70-80 men and over 100 women and children were assassinated. The mass execution was perpetrated by German Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators.[4]

Elderate

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Major villages of the elderate (over 100 inhabitants, as of Lithuanian Census of 2011 [lt]) include Šukioniai, Stačiūnai [lt], Dvariškiai [lt], Degučiai [lt], and Kauksnujai [lt].

Attractions

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The present building of the Lygumai parish Holy Trinity Church [lt] was constructed during 1902-1915. It is listed among the tallest buildings of Lithuania. Its exact height was measured in 2016 and found to be 73.84 meters, including the 3-meter top cross.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Lygumai".
  3. ^ p. 229
  4. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
  5. ^ Janina VANSAUSKIENĖ, "Sužinotas tikras Lygumų bažnyčios aukštis", skrastas.lt, June 17, 2016