Skuodas
Sign in to saveSkuodas (; Samogitian: Skouds) is a city located in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania, on the border with Latvia. The Bartuva river flows through the town. Is currently the capital of Skuodas District Municipality.
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Place details
- Locality
- Skuodas
- Region
- Klaipėdos apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 5,508
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Key facts
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- Skuodas
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- Vilnius str. in Skuodas in 2022
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- City
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Skuodas
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- Country
Key dates
- Inception
- 1253
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Skuodas
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Skuodas Eldership
- Population
- +5508
- Area
- +4.9
- Elevation
- +18
- Capital of
- Skuodas Eldership
- Official website
- www.skuodas.lt
- Image
- Pamiklas Skoudo savivaldybės įkūrėjui.JPG
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- Twin cities
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- See also
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Skuodas (; Samogitian: Skouds) is a city located in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania, on the border with Latvia. The Bartuva river flows through the town. Is currently the capital of Skuodas District Municipality.
==History== thumb|left|upright|Monument of Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz Skuodas was first mentioned in written sources in 1253. At that time it belonged to Ceklis land. In 1572 Chełmno municipal rights were granted to Skuodas thanks to Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz who owned the city. The same year after the city rights were granted, a new part of the city started to settle on the right wing of Bartuva river. In the centre of this part there were built a new rectangular square, town hall, commercial buildings. It was a private town, administratively located in the Duchy of Samogitia of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1614, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, one of the greatest military commanders in the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, founded a new parish church with an adjacent school.