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Pravieniškės
Sign in to savePravieniškės is a village in central Lithuania. Prior to 2016, there were two villages, separated by the river, known as Pravieniškės I (old village and railroad station) and Pravieniškės II (prison). Effective 26 October 2016, the two villages were merged into one. According to the 2021 census, the combined village had a population of 3,165. The village is known as the location of Pravieniškės Prison, the largest in Lithuania. During the German occupation of Lithuania, the prison was one of the sub-camps of the Kaunas concentration camp and the location of several mass executions of inmates.
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- Locality
- Pravieniškės
- Region
- Kauno apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Pravieniškės Eldership
- Population
- 459
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- PravieniskiuGS.jpg
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- Geography
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- Demographics
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- Labor camp and prison
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Pravieniškės is a village in central Lithuania. Prior to 2016, there were two villages, separated by the river, known as Pravieniškės I (old village and railroad station) and Pravieniškės II (prison). Effective 26 October 2016, the two villages were merged into one. According to the 2021 census, the combined village had a population of 3,165. The village is known as the location of Pravieniškės Prison, the largest in Lithuania. During the German occupation of Lithuania, the prison was one of the sub-camps of the Kaunas concentration camp and the location of several mass executions of inmates.
==Geography== Pravieniškės is situated along the river (right tributary of the Neman River). It is located about east of Kaunas and west of Kaišiadorys. The village is surrounded by a forest that spans and is part of the larger Gaižiūnai Forest. The village also has peat deposits that measure about .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pravieniškės” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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