Smalininkai
| Smalininkai | |
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| Ceety | |
Piers on the neman River in Smalininkai
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| Nickname(s): Smolnis | |
 Smalininkai
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| Coordinates: 55°5′0″N 22°34′0″E / 55.08333°N 22.56667°E | |
| Kintra |  Lithuanie |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitie |
| Coonty | Tauragė Coonty |
| Municipality | Jurbarkas Destrict Municipality |
| Eldership | Smalininkai eldership |
| Caipital o | Smalininkai eldership |
| First mentioned | 15t century |
| Grantit ceety richts | 1946 |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Tot | 515 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Smalininkai (
pronunciation (help·info)) is a smaw ceety in Lithuanie. It is situatit in the umwhile samogitian pairt o Memelland on the richt-haund shore o the Neman River, 12 km (7.5 mi) wast frae Jurbarkas. It wis pairt o German East Proushie an wis cried Schmalleningken. Atween 1923 - 1939 an syne Warld War II it is pairt o Lithuanie.
Name[eedit | eedit soorce]
The name describes a place o tar an pitch burners ("smala": tar, pitch; -ingken: veelage).
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
Syne 1422 (Treaty o Melno) Schmalleningken wis a border-veelage at the Lithuanie-German customs frontier. 1792 it wis appointit tae a mercat toun. 1845 the veelage became a pairish an 1878 a kirk wis built. 1902 a licht railwey wis built frae Pogegen tae Schmalleningken. The veelage haed in 1925 1,741 inhabitants an wis incorporatit intae the Landkreis Tilsit-Ragnit in 1939.
Leeteratur[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Kurschat, Heinrich A.: Das Buch vom Memelland, Siebert Oldenburg 1968
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