Distrikt Tel Iai - Tel Iai, Emai?i? Kalvarija, Bistum Tel Iai, Emaitijos Pienas (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Tel iai ( ), Samogitian: Tel ?), is a city in Lithuania with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of Tel iai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on Lake Mastis. Name of Tel iai has also been known to be written in different forms in different languages throughout its history, mostly derivatives of Samogitian dialect Tel ?. Some foreign names for the city include German: Polish: Russian: . Orthodox churchLake Mastis is mentioned in various legends and myths. The city was named after a small rivulet, Tel ? which flows into the Lake Mastis. A legend has it that a Knight named D iugas founded the city. Tel iai was first mentioned in written sources around 1450. During the November Uprising in 1831 Tel iai became a sanctuary for Polish-Lithuanian partisans fighting the Russians. During the years of Lithuanian independence, 1918 to 1940, Tel iai grew rapidly. Several girls' and boys' high schools, a crafts school and a teacher's seminary were founded. The Alka museum was built, and several cultural societies were operated. During the first Soviet occupation, as a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Tel iai became infamous for the nearby Rainiai massacre, the mass murder of 76 Lithuanian political prisoners perpetrated by the Red Army during the night of June 24-25 1941. Present day architectural monuments include Tel iai Cathedral. Tel iai has a rare, surviving wooden synagogue. The Jewish community was proud of its renowned yeshiva, or rabbinical college. In 1941, the Telshe yeshiva was resettled in Cleveland, Ohio by a group of faculty members who escaped the Holocaust. The original yeshiva building still stands in Tel iai. Under the subsequent Nazi German occupation in World War II, large Jewish population of Tel iai was almost completely annihilated. Nearby atrija hill (227 m), is a nature preserve. ...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de