Antalieptė
Town
Flag of Antalieptė
Flag
Coat of arms of Antalieptė
Coat of arms
Antalieptė is located in Lithuania
Antalieptė
Antalieptė
Location of Antalieptė, Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°39′40″N 25°52′01″E / 55.66111°N 25.86694°E / 55.66111; 25.86694
CountryLithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
Town Utena County
MunicipalityZarasai district municipality
First mentioned1897
Population
 (2011)
 • Total278
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitehttp://www.antaliepte.lt

Antalieptė ([anˈtaːlʲɛpteː]) (Polish: Antolepty) is a small town in Zarasai district municipality, near the Duseta–Daugailiai road and the right bank of the Šventoji riverhead. The town is also 4 km from the village of Zabičiūnai.

Antalieptė has a secondary school and post office (postode: LT-32013). In Šventoji valley there is the Antalieptė Cross Discovery church, also there was Antalieptė Discalced Carmelites monastery. Antalieptė also has House of Culture, library (from 1941) and a water mill (built 1855 from broken and round rocks, red bricks and lime; mill was working until 1966).

History

According to the 1897 census, 85.5% of the population of the town was Jewish. The Jews immigrated before World War II or were murdered during the Holocaust in Nazi occupied Lithuania by both Germans and Lithuanians.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "History | Virtual Shtetl". Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "АНТОЛЕПТЕ — Российская Еврейская Энциклопедия". rujen.ru. Retrieved 18 March 2023.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.