Krekenava

Krekenava is a town (population 1,375) in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania, on the bank of Nevėžis.

Krekenava
Town
Krekenava panorama
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Coordinates: 55°32′28″N 24°05′31″E
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
County	Panevėžys County
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,375
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.krekenava.lt

Etymology

In the past, the town's place name had a different root than it does now: krakin- or krokin-. In the old days, the town was mostly called Krakinava, a name still used in the early 20th century. The new form Krekenava was referred to by Vaižgantas as early as 1904, and it was included in the official publication "Places Settled in Lithuania" of 1925. The town's name in other languages: Polish: Krakinów; Yiddish: קראַקינאָווע, romanized: Krakinave.

History

From 1409 it was the center of Upytė poviat, the first wooden church built by Vytautas the Great in 1419. Nearby Krekanava is the birthplace of the painter Romanas Alekna Švoinickis (1845–1915).

In July and August 1941, an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists massacred the Jewish residents of the town, about 50 grownups and 60 children. Along with Jews they also shot so-called Communists and Soviet activists, in all about 190 people. The massacre took place in a ditch between the old and new cemeteries.

Economy

1975 is a year of the beginning of JSC “Krekenavos Agrofirma” activities, a company which employs over 900 people. “Krekenavos agrofirma” allocates its investments to the two priority fields – improvement of the quality of its activities, and production expansion.

Gallery

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  Stone wall near a house
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  Church
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  Stairs to the church
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  Krekenava 600 year jubilee
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  Old house in Sodų st.
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  Nevėžis (river) in winter
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  Stage in the pine forest
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  Dam
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  Road to Varnakalnis
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  Scarp in Varnakalnis
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  Varnakalnis
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  "Girinio" road

External links

• About "Krekenavos Agrofirma"