Pakruojis
Sign in to savePakruojis () is a city in northern Lithuania. It is situated on the Kruoja River, which has a dam above the city. Forty three buildings of the manor, mentioned in 1531 still survive.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pakruojis
- Region
- Šiaulių apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 4,352
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Pakruojis
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- City
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Pakruojis
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- Ethnographic region
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Pakruojis
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Pakruojis Eldership
- Population
- +1184
- Area
- +4
- Elevation
- +76
- Capital of
- Pakruojis Eldership
- Image
- Pakruojis.JPG
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Pakruojis () is a city in northern Lithuania. It is situated on the Kruoja River, which has a dam above the city. Forty three buildings of the manor, mentioned in 1531 still survive.
==History== thumb|left|Pakruojis Manor Pakruojis and it neighbourhood are within the boundaries of the inhabited area of the Semigallian tribe. For a long time it was thought that the town was founded in 1585, when the town and Pakruojis manor were mentioned in land ownership records. This date has entered several encyclopedias. However, historian Algimantas Miškinis discovered that Pakruojis was first mentioned in 1531. On July 10, 1613 the first church of Pakruojis had inaugural service in it new building. Sigismund III Vasa granted rights for two annual fairs.