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Country
  
County
  
Capital of
  
Smalininkai eldership

Area
  
177 ha

Local time
  
Friday 1:32 PM

Ethnographic region
  
Eldership
  
Smalininkai eldership

First mentioned
  
15th century

Population
  
621 (2007)

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind NW at 19 km/h, 40% Humidity

Municipality
  
Jurbarkas District Municipality

Smalininkai ( pronunciation ) is a small city in Lithuania. It is situated in the former samogitian part of Memelland on the right-hand shore of the Neman River, 12 km (7.5 mi) west from Jurbarkas. It was part of German East Prussia and was called Schmalleningken. Between 1923 - 1939 and since the World War II it has been part of Lithuania.

Contents

Map of Smalininkai, Lithuania

Name

The name describes a place of tar and pitch burners ("smala": tar, pitch; -ingken: village).

History

Since 1422 (Treaty of Melno) Schmalleningken was a border-village at the Lithuanian-German customs frontier. 1792 it was appointed to a market town. 1845 the village became a parish and 1878 a church was built. 1902 a light railway was built from Pogegen to Schmalleningken. The village had in 1925 1,741 inhabitants and was incorporated into the Landkreis Tilsit-Ragnit in 1939.

Literature

  • Kurschat, Heinrich A.: Das Buch vom Memelland, Siebert Oldenburg 1968
  • References

    Smalininkai Wikipedia


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