Liudvinavas

History

Liudvinavas was first settled in the early 18th century in the Punia Forest. It was originally called Trobos. The Elder of Punia, Liudvikas Pociejus, founded a town on the site of Trobos and gave it its present name. Around 1717, the first church in Liudvinavas was built. On 14 January 1719, the town was granted Magdeburg rights and soon after the Liudvinavas manor was established. In 1776, the town's rights were annulled. On 10 November 1791, the rights of the free town and the coat of arms were granted again by King Stanislaus Augustus, but in the summer of 1792, the change in the political situation led to the abolition of the municipality and the coat of arms. In 1870, once again Liudvinavas has lost its town rights, as part of Tsarist repressions after the January Uprising. A new church was built around 1864, and in 1908 a small library was established. In December 1905, the townspeople of Liudvinavas drove out the Russian authorities of the town. During the World War I, most of the Liudvinavas was destroyed by fire. The description of the town in the early 20th century: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, signed in August 1939, determined that Liudvinavas, as well as the whole of Lithuania, would be ceded to Germany; but soon after the signing of an additional treaties, almost the entire territory of Lithuania was placed under the influence of the USSR, while Liudvinavas (like Kapčiamiestis and Vilkaviškis) remained in Germany's zone, but was later reclaimed by Stalin. September 1941. The town's Jews were murdered. After the World War II, Lithuanian partisans of the Vytautas Brigade of the Tauras District were active in the area. On 27 April 1947, the Chief of Staff V. Vabalas (nickname Kunigaikštis) was killed when the Soviet forces surrounded his bunker near…

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  773
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  676
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  671
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  660
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  642
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  607
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  606
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  564