Paberžė, Kėdainiai

55°30′22″N 23°58′01″E / 55.50611°N 23.96694°E / 55.50611; 23.96694Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKėdainiai district municipalityEldershipGudžiūnai EldershipPopulation • Total18Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

There are wooden Catholic church of St. Mary, former Paberžė manor (now the Museum of Uprising), rebels' burial ground.

History

In 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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1902 85 —     1923 129 +2.01% 1959 89 −1.03% 1970 54 −4.44%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 76 +3.87% 1989 40 −6.22% 2001 20 −5.61% 2011 18 −1.05%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Notable people

• 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
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  Museum (former manor)
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  Burial ground of the January Upraise rebels
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  Cemetery

References