Buivydžiai

Buivydžiai
—  Village  —
Saint George Church, Buivydžiai
Buivydžiai
Location of Buivydžiai
Coordinates:
Country  Lithuania
County Vilnius County
Municipality Vilnius district municipality
Eldership Buivydžiai eldership
Capital of Buivydžiai eldership
Population (2001)
 • Total 261
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Buivydžiai (Polish: Bujwidze) is a village in vilnius district municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, it had 261 residents.[1] It is located some 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Nemenčinė and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the state border with Belarus. The village is situated on the left bank of the Neris River near its confluence with tributary Buivydė.[2]

The village developed around a manor, owned by noble Cyprian Brzostowski in 1635. Later the manor was reconstructed by architect Laurynas Gucevičius.[2] A wooden octagonal church, named after Saint George, was built in 1785. In 1903, French linguist Robert Gauthiot published Le parler de Buividze, a study on the local dialect of the Lithuanian language.[2] The church burned down in 1982; a brick replacement church was completed in 1986.

References

  1. ^ (Lithuanian) Vilniaus apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai. Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 116. ISBN 9955-588-04-7. Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. http://www.webcitation.org/5u4dYKhby. 
  2. ^ a b c (Lithuanian) Kviklys, Bronius (1964). Mūsų Lietuva. I. Boston: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 189. OCLC 3303503.