Kurkliai

Kurkliai
Town
Community House
Kurkliai
Coordinates: 55°24′40″N 25°04′00″E / 55.41111°N 25.06667°ECoordinates: 55°24′40″N 25°04′00″E / 55.41111°N 25.06667°E
Country	Lithuania
County	Utena County
Municipality	Anykščiai
Population (2001)
• Total	474
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Kurkliai is a town in Anykščiai district municipality, in Utena County, in northeast Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 474 people.^[1] Center of eldership. In town there is Anykščiai Regional Park.

History

The town had an important Jewish community before World War II. Jews of the town shared the fate of the Jews of Ukmerge and of the surroundings, who were massacred in a mass execution in the Pivonija forest on September 5, 1941.^[2] An old wooden synagogue is still standing^[3][4]

Gallery

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  St. George's Church
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  Church belfry
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  Parish
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  Park
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  Synagogue
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  Cemetery gate
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  Chapel

Education

• Kurkliai primary school

Famous citizens

• Arnoldas Lukošius (1966-), member of LT United and Foje.

References

1. "2001 census" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania).
2. http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00567d.html
3. http://www.jewisheritage.org/web/european-routes/wooden-synagogues/19
4. http://www.hagalil.com/archiv/2005/06/lithuania.htm