Svėdasai

Place in Aukštaitija, Lithuania

Coat of arms

55°40′0″N 25°22′0″E / 55.66667°N 25.36667°E / 55.66667; 25.36667Country

LithuaniaEthnographic regionAukštaitijaCounty

Utena CountyMunicipality Anykščiai district municipalityEldershipSvėdasai eldershipCapital ofSvėdasai eldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total884Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Svėdasai is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.

History

The name according to Kazimieras Būga is of Selonian origin.^[1] In July 1941, 245 to 386 people were murdered in a mass execution near Svėdasai most must have been Jews.^[2]

Gallery

Svėdasai (Swiadosci) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
St. Michael the Archangel Church
Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium
Alaušas lake

References

^ (in Lithuanian) History of Svėdasai Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2016-08-01.