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Village in Kaunas County, Lithuania
Aukštdvaris
Village
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Coordinates: 55°09′29″N 23°35′20″E / 55.15806°N 23.58889°E / 55.15806; 23.58889
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipPernarava Eldership
Population
 • Total126
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Aukštdvaris ('high manor', formerly Russian: Высокий Двор, Polish: Wysoki Dwór) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 126 people. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Čekiškė, on the watershed of the Dubysa, Nevėžis and Neman rivers.

History

Bracelets of the 3rd-4th centuries has been found nearby Aukštdvaris. On 17 March, 1863 there was a big battle between the January Uprising insurgents and Tsarist army. There was the Aukštdvaris manor. It belonged to the Jelenski family, then since 1805 to the Belozior, and then to the Podbereski. In 1877 a wheel and cart making factory was opened in the manor.

During the Soviet era it was a subsidiary settlement of the "Oak" kolkhoz.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1923182—    
1959196+0.21%
1970182−0.67%
1979191+0.54%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1984148−4.97%
1989145−0.41%
2001158+0.72%
2011126−2.24%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011
Aukštdvaris view from Langakiai side

References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. "Wysoki Dwór". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 14. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1895. p. 129.
  3. "Aukštdvaris". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 137.
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