Ionishkis [1] ( lit. Joniškis , outdated Rus. Janishki ) is a city in the north of Lithuania , on the border with Latvia ; the administrative center of the Ionishksky District and the Ionishksky Starostva.
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| Ionishkis | |||||
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| lit. Joniškis | |||||
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| A country |  Lithuania | ||||
| County | Šiauliai | ||||
| Area | Ionishki | ||||
| Eldership | Ionishki | ||||
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| Center height | ≈60 m | ||||
| Climate type | moderate continental | ||||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in the summer UTC + 3 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 9,899 people ( 2011 ) | ||||
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| Telephone code | +370 426 | ||||
| Postcode | LT-84001 | ||||
Content
Geography
The city is located 14 km from the border with Latvia , 253 km north-west of Vilnius , 187 km north of Kaunas and 39 km north of Šiauliai .
Population
In 1939, there were 5,132 inhabitants. In 2010 - 10,490 residents.
Title
Named after the bishop of Vilna , Jan, by order of whom the church was built and a parish was formed.
Coat of arms
In 1992, the former coat of arms was restored with the image on the red shield of St. Michael the Archangel , striking a dragon .
History
The founding date is considered to be 1523 or 1526, when Bishop Yang of Vilna, finding pagans in the locality bordering Kurland , ordered a church to be built in one of the villages and form a parish. The village got its name by its name. The privilege of July 4, 1616, granted King Magdeburg rights to the village by King Sigismund III Waza .
In 1796, at the transition of the region to the Russian Empire , Ionishkis was turned into the town of Yanishka and given into the possession of Prince Platon Zubov . New landowners treated residents as serfs , and as a result of complaints from the latter by decree of the Governing Senate in 1841, residents were granted the rights of free bread-growers [2] .
In the middle of the 19th century, the highway Riga - Tilsit was run through Ionishkis.
As in other towns of Lithuania, a significant proportion of the population were Jews : out of 4,774 inhabitants, 2,272 Jews (1897). In the interwar years there lived approx. 700 Jews, a Jewish school and three synagogues operated.
In 1933, given the status of the city. District center since 1950.
Famous townspeople
- Kiseljus, Juozas Juozovich
- Lawrence Harvey
- Churlönene-Kymantayte, Sofia
Notes
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: geographical names / Ed. A.F. Trёshnikova . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet encyclopedia , 1989. - p. 190. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
- ↑ Janishki // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extras). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Official page
- Janishki // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.