Eiguliai

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Eiguliai
Eldership
Church of Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis
Eiguliai
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°56′N 23°56′E / 54.933°N 23.933°E / 54.933; 23.933Coordinates: 54°56′N 23°56′E / 54.933°N 23.933°E / 54.933; 23.933
Country  Lithuania
County Kaunas County
Municipality Kaunas city municipality
Population (2001)
 • Total 51,569
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Eiguliai is an eldership in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. The settlement was a small village until it was incorporated into Kaunas in 1959 and a residential microdistrict was built in 1979. Located on the left bank of the Neris River, Eiguliai encompass Kleboniškis and part of Kalniečiai neighbourhoods. Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital and the 7th Fort of the Kaunas Fortress are located in this eldership.

Cemetery

A number of famous people were buried in the Eiguliai cemetery:[1]

  • Jonas Bulota (1855–1942), organist, veterinarian
  • Stepas Butautas (1925–2001), sports activists
  • Klemensas Čerbulėnas (1912–1986), ethnographer and art critic, architectural historian
  • Valerija Čiurlionytė-Karužienė (1896–1991), cultural activist
  • Saulius Gricius (1963–1991), deputy of Kaunas Council, leader of the Green political movement in Lithuania
  • Dalia Grinkevičiūtė (1927–1987), doctor and writer about experiences of Lithuanian exiles near the Laptev Sea
  • Bronė Kurmytė-Monkevičienė (1913–1975), actress
  • Rapolas Okulič-Kazarinas (1856–1919), aviator, helped to organize the Lithuanian Armed Forces
  • Petras Tarasenka (1892–1962), archaeologist, colonel
  • Vytautas Rauba 1899-1920 aviator, helped to organize the Lithuanian Armed Forces First dead lithaunian pilot ever had his own medal

References

  1. ↑ (Lithuanian) "Kaunas City Municipality ward Eiguliai page". Retrieved March 19, 2010. 

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