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Gargždai
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| Country | Lithuania | ||
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia | ||
| County | Klaipėda County | ||
| Municipality | Klaipėda district municipality | ||
| Eldership | Gargždai eldership | ||
| Capital of | Klaipėda district municipality Gargždai eldershihp |
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| First mentioned | 1253 | ||
| Granted city rights | 1792 | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 16.814 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Gargždai () is a city in western Lithuania located in Klaipėda County. The Minija River flows through the city.[1] Gargždai Stadium is its main sports venue.
Gargždai is the Lithuanian name of the city. Versions of the name in other languages include Polish: Gorżdy, Russian: Горжды Gorzhdy, Belarusian: Го́ржды Horzhdy, Yiddish: גורזד Gorzhd, German: Garsden, Latvian: Gargždi.
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The total number of Jewish residents of Gargzdai killed by a Nazi death squad during the Holocaust is at least 500 including 200 men killed on June 24, 1941, and 300 women with children killed on September 14 and 16, 1941. The killings were perpetrated by Einsatzgruppe A under the command of SS Brigadeführer Walter Stahlecker, and documented in the Jäger report.[1]
Gargždai is twinned with:
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Garg%C5%BEdai Gargždai] at Wikimedia Commons
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