Paberžė ('a place by the birch forest', formerly Russian: Поберже, Polish: Podbrzezie[1]) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 18 people.[2] It is located by the confluence of the Liaudė and Nykis rivers, 32 km from Kėdainiai. Surroundings of Paberžė are declared as Paberžė landscape sanctuary.
Paberžė | |
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Village | |
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  Paberžė Location in Lithuania | |
| Coordinates: 55°30′22″N 23°58′01″E / 55.50611°N 23.96694°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Gudžiūnai Eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 18 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
There are wooden Catholic church of St. Mary, former Paberžė manor (now the Museum of Uprising), rebels' burial ground.
History
editIn the 18th century Paberžė belonged to nobleman Schilling. He have build a wooden church and manor in the village. After the January Uprising Paberžė was transferred to Russian officer Tikheev.[3]
Demography
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| Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable people
edit- Antanas Mackevičius, priest who served in the Paberžė church and was one of the main local organizers of the January Uprising.
- Algirdas Mykolas Dobrovolskis, known as father Stanislovas, priest who served in the Paberžė church at the end of the 20th century. He was a prominent religious figure during late Soviet era.
- Liucija Sereikaitė-Juozonienė, physicist.
Images
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Paberžė church belltower -
Museum (former manor) -
Burial ground of the January Upraise rebels -
Cemetery
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References
edit- ^ "Podbrzezie (4), wieś, powiat poniewieski, (...) parafia Surwiliszki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 8. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1887. p. 365.
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Paberžė // Paberžės krašto smulkioji tautosaka. Kėdainių rajono savivaldybės Švietimo skyrius, 1997