Krekenava

Krekenava
Town
Krekenava panorama
Coat of arms
Location of Krekenava
Coordinates: 55°32′28″N 24°05′31″E / 55.54111°N 24.09194°E / 55.54111; 24.09194
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
County	Panevėžys County
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,636
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.krekenava.lt

Krekenava (Polish: Krakinów; Yiddish: קרקינובה‎, romanized: Krakinova) is a town (population 2,003) in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania, on the bank of Nevėžis.

History[]

From 1409 it was center of Upytė poviat, 1419 first wooden church built by Vytautas the Great. Nearby Krekanava is a birthplace of the painter (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.^[1] The massacre took place in ditch between the old and the new cemeteries.

Economy[]

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

Gallery[]

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  Stone wall near 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

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  Scarp in Varnakalnis

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  Varnakalnis

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  "Girinio" road

References[]

External links[]

• About "Krekenavos Agrofirma"

Coordinates: 55°33′N 24°06′E / 55.550°N 24.100°E / 55.550; 24.100