Girkalnis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 877.[1]
Girkalnis | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Šėtupio street | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Girkalnis Location in Lithuania | |
| Coordinates: 55°18′40″N 23°12′10″E / 55.31111°N 23.20278°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Raseiniai district municipality |
| Eldership | Girkalnis eldership |
| Capital of | Girkalnis eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 877 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
editFrom July to September 1941, about 1,000 Jews from Raseiniai, Betygala and Girkalnis were massacred in the city. Those mass executions were done by Germans and local policemen[2] in the context of Shoah by bullets.
References
edit- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".