Panemunė, Kaunas
Panemunė pinewood
Panemunė (Polish: Poniemoń) is an elderate in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas that was formally incorporated into Kaunas in 1931. It is located on the left bank of the Nemunas River. It occupies 24.78 hectares, with 22,140 inhabitants. The elderate encompasses the neighbourhoods of Vaišvydava, Vičiūnai, Panemunė and Rokai.[1]
A vast pine wood occupies a significant area in this neighbourhood. Neorenaissance style Holy Virgin Mary church built in the middle of the 19th century is located in Panemunė elderate.
Prior to World War II, Panemunė contained a significant community of Jews. [2]
References[]
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Official statistics page of the Elderate
- ^ Horwich, Bernard (1939). My First Eighty Years (First ed.). Chicago, Illinois, USA: Argus Books. p. 1 - 26.
External links[]
Kaunas travel guide from Wikivoyage- Website of Kaunas city
- Official Panemunė elderate webpage (in Lithuanian)
- Poniemoń (2.) (Panemunė) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1887) (in Polish)
- Families and Individuals in Panemune 1780s-1940s
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Coordinates: 54°51′40″N 23°57′50″E / 54.86111°N 23.96389°E
Categories:
- Neighbourhoods of Kaunas
- Kaunas County geography stubs