Užventis

City

Coat of arms

Užventis

Location of Užventis

Coordinates: 55°47′N 22°39′E / 55.783°N 22.650°ECoordinates: 55°47′N 22°39′E / 55.783°N 22.650°E

Kelmė district municipality

Eldership

Užventis eldership

Capital of

Užventis rural eldership

First mentioned

1527

Granted city rights

1746

Population (2005)

• Total

844

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Užventis ( pronunciation , Samogitian: Ožvėntis) is a city in the Kelmė district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Kelmė. River Venta flows through the city.

History

173 Jews lived in the village in 1923, comprising 22 percent of the total population. The Lithuanian white armband squad formed in Užventis just after the German invasion, and they gathered Jewish residents of the village in the brewery in early July 1941. Jews were humiliated and forced to do various kinds of work for several weeks. At the end of July, the white armbanders dug a large pit in the Želviai forest. The next day, they rounded up the majority of the Jews from the ghetto (about 50-70 people), brought them to the execution place and shot them. Several groups of Jewish men who were fit to work were taken to Šiauliai and Žagarė. About 20 Jews who were left in Užventis were executed in the Želviai forest in December 1941.^[1]

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Šiauliai County

Municipalities	Akmenė Joniškis Kelmė Pakruojis Radviliškis Šiauliai (city) Šiauliai (district)

Cities	Akmenė Joniškis Kelmė Kuršėnai Linkuva Naujoji Akmenė Pakruojis Radviliškis Šeduva Šiauliai Tytuvėnai Užventis Venta Žagarė

Towns	Baisogala Bazilionai Grinkiškis Gruzdžiai Kairiai Karklėnai Klovainiai Kražiai Kriukai Kruopiai Kurtuvėnai Kužiai Lioliai Lygumai Meškuičiai Palonai Papilė Pašilė Pašušvys Pašvitinys Pociūnėliai Rozalimas Šakyna Šaukėnai Šaukotas Šiaulėnai Sidabravas Skaistgirys Tyruliai Vadaktai Žalpiai Žeimelis

Villages	Alkiškiai Barysiai Burbiškis Daubiškiai Kivyliai Kolainiai Minaičiai Pašiaušė Pociūnai Sablauskiai Šiupyliai

References

↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/u-ventis-scaron-iauliai-lithuania.790

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