Tverai

Tverai (Samogitian: Tverā, Polish: Twery) is a small town in Rietavas municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on Aitra River, tributary to Jūra, about 17 km east from Rietavas and 14 km from Varniai. Tverai, with population of about 560, is a capital of an elderate.

Tverai
Centre
Coat of arms
Tverai
Location of Tverai
Coordinates: 55°44′00″N 22°08′40″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
CountyTelšiai County
MunicipalityRietavas district municipality
ElderateTverai elderate
Population
 (2011)
 • Total558
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Monument to Duke Vykintas

History

Tverai is identified with Tviriment Castle, mentioned in 1251 by the Hypatian Codex. The castle was the fortress where Vykintas, Duke of Samogitia and victorious leader of the Battle of Saule, defended himself against Mindaugas, crowned as King of Lithuania in 1253, during a civil war for power in the early Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1] Vykintas was defeated and Mindaugas became the undisputeded monarch. During World War II, a group of Jews were murdered in summer and fall of 1941.[2]

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References
  1. Semaška, Algimantas (2006). Kelionių vadovas po Lietuvą: 1000 lankytinų vietovių norintiems geriau pažinti gimtąjį kraštą (in Lithuanian) (4th ed.). Vilnius: Algimantas. p. 510. ISBN 9986-509-90-4.
  2. http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/235/
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