Žeimelis
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| Žeimelis | |||
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| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | ||
| County | Šiauliai County | ||
| Municipality | Pakruojis district municipality | ||
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| Capital of | Žeimelis elderate | ||
| Population | 1,216 in 2001 | ||
| First mentioned | 1500 | ||
Žeimelis is a town in Northern Lithuania, 40 km to the North from Pakruojis, near the border with Latvia. It is a centre of elderate. A school first mentioned in 1596 (at the Lutheran church). High school was established in 1920. Agriculture school founded in 1937.
[edit] Famous people
- Theodor Grotthuss, the originator of the first law of photochemistry, author of the first theory of electrolysis
- Juozas Šliavas, historian
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