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Kedainiai is one of the oldest cities
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 in Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
. It is located on the Nevežis River
Nevežis River

Neve?is River is the List of rivers of Lithuania in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Neman River. Its length is 209 km , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania....
. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle
Livonian Chronicle

Livonian Chronicle may refer to one of the following chronicles.*Livonian Rhymed Chronicle, Livlandische Reimchronik**The 1180 ? 1290 anonymous chronicle...
 of Hermann de Wartberge, its population as of 2008 was 30,214. Kedainiai old town from the 18th century is one of the largest in Lithuania.

The former Town Hall, the House of Rectors, the Church of St. George, the Calvinist Church, and the House of Scotch Merchants are notable architectural sites.






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Kedainiai is one of the oldest cities
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 in Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
. It is located on the Nevežis River
Nevežis River

Neve?is River is the List of rivers of Lithuania in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Neman River. Its length is 209 km , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania....
. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle
Livonian Chronicle

Livonian Chronicle may refer to one of the following chronicles.*Livonian Rhymed Chronicle, Livlandische Reimchronik**The 1180 ? 1290 anonymous chronicle...
 of Hermann de Wartberge, its population as of 2008 was 30,214. Kedainiai old town from the 18th century is one of the largest in Lithuania.

The former Town Hall, the House of Rectors, the Church of St. George, the Calvinist Church, and the House of Scotch Merchants are notable architectural sites. It was a custom that everyone arriving in Kedainiai had to bring a stone for the construction of the town. Kedainiai is also the location of the only minaret
Minaret

Minarets are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. Minarets are generally tall spires with onion dome, usually either free standing or much taller than any surrounding support structure....
 in Lithuania. In all, Kedainiai have two synagogues, one Ortodox church, one Lutheran church, two Catholic churches and one Calvinist church.

The city is the administrative centre of the Kedainiai district municipality
Kedainiai district municipality

Kedainiai district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania....
. The geographical centre of the Lithuanian Republic is in the nearby village of Ruošciai
Ruošciai

Ruo?ciai is a little village in Kedainiai district municipality, Lithuania, about 7 km from Dotnuva. Here is the geographical center of Lithuania which was estimated in 1995....
, located in the eldership of Dotnuva
Dotnuva

Dotnuva is a small town with a 2003 population of 775 in central Lithuania, 10 km northwest of Kedainiai, in the Kedainiai district municipality....
.

History

The area was the site of several battles during "The Deluge"
The Deluge (Polish history)

In the history of Poland and History of Lithuania, the Deluge commonly refers to a series of wars in the mid-to-late 17th century which left the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in ruins....
, the 17th century war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
 and Sweden. In 1655 a short-lived treaty with Sweden, the Union of Kedainiai
Union of Kedainiai

Union of Kedainiai was a controversial agreement between several magnates of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the King of Sweden Charles X Gustav, signed in 1655 during Deluge ....
, was signed by two members of Radziwill
Radziwill

Radziwill is a family of Nobility which has been powerful and important for centuries, first in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
 family in their Kedainiai castle. While little remains of the Radziwill
Radziwill

Radziwill is a family of Nobility which has been powerful and important for centuries, first in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
 castle, the crypt
Crypt

In terms of European architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a church usually used as a chapel or burial vault possibly containing sarcophagus, coffins or relics....
 of the Calvinist church (1631) houses the family mausoleum, including the tomb
Tomb

For the New York prison see The Tombs.A tomb is a repository for the remains of the death. The term generally refers to any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes....
s of Krzysztof Radziwill
Krzysztof Radziwill

Prince Krzysztof Radziwill was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Nobility , and a notable magnate of his epoch. Sometimes referred to as Krzysztof Radziwill II, to distinguish him from his father, Krzysztof Mikolaj Piorun Radziwill....
 and his son Janusz
Janusz Radziwill (1612-1655)

Prince Janusz Radziwill was a powerful Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth noble and magnate. He was podkomorzy since 1633, Field Lithuanian Hetman and Samogitian starost since 1646, voivode of the Vilnius Voivodeship since 1653, Great Hetman of Lithuania since 1654, starost kamienicki, kazimierski and sejwejski....
.

For a period during 1940, the town served as home to about 300 students and teachers from the Mir Yeshiva
Mir yeshiva

Mir Yeshiva may refer to:* Mir yeshiva * Mir yeshiva * Mir yeshiva * Mir yeshiva ...
. During the Cold War
Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
 it was home to Kedainiai air base
Kedainiai (air base)

Kedainiai , also spelled Kedaynyay, is an airport in Lithuania located 45 km north of Kaunas. It has 28 large pads. Aeronautical sources list it as "civilian", so its military use has been retired....
, a major military airlift facility.

For many years, Kedainiai housed a number of chemical (fertilizer) and food processing (ice cream, bread, meat, vegetables, sauces) industries. Following years of stagnation, old enterprises have come back to life, and new ones have been established.

Kedainiai district is very important growing region of cucumber
Cucumber

The cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash , and in the same genus as the muskmelon....
s, tomato
Tomato

The Tomato is an herbaceous, usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins Nicotiana, potatoes, aubergine , chilli peppers, and the poisonous Atropa belladonna....
es and other vegetable
Vegetable

The term "vegetable" generally means the Eating parts of plants. The definition of the word is traditional rather than scientific, however, and therefore the usage of the word is somewhat arbitrary and subjective, as it is determined by individual cultural customs of food selection and food preparation....
s.

High schools

  • Janusz Radziwill
    Janusz Radziwill (1612-1655)

    Prince Janusz Radziwill was a powerful Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth noble and magnate. He was podkomorzy since 1633, Field Lithuanian Hetman and Samogitian starost since 1646, voivode of the Vilnius Voivodeship since 1653, Great Hetman of Lithuania since 1654, starost kamienicki, kazimierski and sejwejski....
     College (Kedainiu Jonušo Radvilos studiju centras)


Accommodation

  • Hotel "Grejaus namas"
  • Hotel/Restaurant "Smilga"


Famous citizens

  • Mikalojus Daukša
    Mikalojus Daukša

    Mikalojus Dauk?a was a Lithuanian language and Latin language religious writer, translator and a Catholic church official. He is best known as the first among Lithuania's humanists to underline the need to codify and promote the Lithuanian language over Chancery Ruthenian and Polish language, which were in use in the Grand Duchy at the time....
    , Lithuanian writer, translator
  • Czeslaw Milosz
    Czeslaw Milosz

    Czeslaw Milosz ; was a Poles poet, prose and translator. From 1961 to 1978 he was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley....
    , Polish writer, Nobel Prize winner. Born in Šeteniai
    Šeteniai

    ?eteniai is a village in Kedainiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated 13 km north of Kedainiai, on the left bank of the Neve?is River....
     village
  • Juozas Urbšys
    Juozas Urbšys

    Juozas Urb?ys was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a Translation....
    , Lithuanian diplomat. Born in Šeteniai
    Šeteniai

    ?eteniai is a village in Kedainiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated 13 km north of Kedainiai, on the left bank of the Neve?is River....
     village
  • Viktoras Muntianas
    Viktoras Muntianas

    Viktoras Muntianas is Lithuanian politician, former Speaker of the Seimas.Viktoras Muntianas was born in Marijampole in 1951. In 1968 he finished school in Marijampole....
    , Lithuanian politician, former Speaker of the Seimas
    Seimas

    The Seimas is the Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies , and the other half are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation....


Twin towns

  • Svalöv
    Svalöv

    Sval?v is a urban areas of Sweden in Scania, Sweden and the seat of Sval?v Municipality, Sk?ne County. It has 3,344 inhabitants ....
  • Sömmerda
    Sömmerda

    S?mmerda is a town near Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, on the Unstrut river. It is the capital of the S?mmerda ....
  • Kohtla-Järve
    Kohtla-Järve

    Kohtla-J?rve is a city and Municipalities of Estonia in north-eastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrialisation, and both processes oil shales and is a large producer of various petroleum products....
  • Brodnica
    Brodnica

    Brodnica is a town in northern Poland with 27,400 inhabitants as of 1995. Previously in Torun Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, Brodnica has been situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999....
  • Lobez
    Lobez

    Lobez [] is a town in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Lobez County. Population is 10,657 .Lobez lies on the Rega river....
  • Rostov
    Rostov

    Rostov is one of the oldest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero in Yaroslavl Oblast....


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External links

  • College of Janusz Radziwill
    Janusz Radziwill

    Janusz Radziwill or Jonu?as Radvila is the name of several Polish?Lithuanian nobles:* Janusz Radziwill , castellan of Vilnius and the starost of Borys?w...