Nemenčinė

Sister cities

• Ełk
• Dessau-Roßlau
• Węgorzewo
• Suwałki

History

Lithuanian wooden castle and the mound stood in Nemenčinė in 10-14th centuries. The settlement started to grow around the castle. In 1387, following the Christianization of Lithuania, Jogaila established the first Christian parish in Nemenčinė and built a church there. In a 1434 document , one of the most influential Lithuanian noble families during the reign of Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir IV Jagiellon, listed Nemenčinė as his domain. In 1554, Nemenčinė after the Volok Reform got the rights of the town. In 1613, the town was marked on the map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae, et Regionum Adiacentium exacta Descriptio printed in Amsterdam and financed by the Lithuanian magnate Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł the Orphan.Nemenčinė was administratively located in the Wilno Voivodeship of Poland in the interbellum. During World War II, it was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940, then by Nazi Germany from 1941, and then re-occupied by the Soviet Union in 1944. On 20 September 1941, 403 Jews from the town were massacred in a mass execution. 128 men, 186 women and 99 children were shot by an Einsatzgruppen of local Nazi collaborators. In 1971, a monument was erected on the execution site.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,285
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,707
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,442
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,414
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,214
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,046
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  980
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  976