Pagiriai

History

About 2 km southeast of Pagiriai, the was discovered in 1908. It consisted of 13th-century silver ingots and bronze ornaments. The Pagiriai Manor and village are mentioned at the end of the 16th century. The first church was built in 1626 by three brothers: Gabrielius, Kristupas, and Karolis Bialozarai. It was burned down during the Great Northern War. In 1742, the church was rebuilt through the efforts of Father Penkaševskis, and again reconstructed in 1876 by Father Šimkevičius. During World War II, in the summer of 1944, the church burned down once more; a temporary church was set up in the parish hall. During the Great Northern War, the village was heavily destroyed. In 1750, it was granted the right to hold a weekly market, and from 1777 a parish school was established here. In the 19th century, Pagiriai was a small town and the administrative center of a rural district () in the Ukmergė County. In the interwar period, the settlement was referred to as Pagirys. A Saulė Society school was established in 1908, and from 1908 to 1914, a branch of the Temperance Society operated there. Pagiriai had a cooperative, a small credit bank, and a motorized mill. In 1944, the town was burned down again. On 9 September 1944, Lithuanian partisans killed a group of Soviet officials on the road from Pagiriai to Ukmergė.

Most-observed species

• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  20
• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19
• Common Crane

  Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  17
• Northern Lapwing

  Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14
• lesser spotted eagle

  Aquila pomarina C.L.Brehm, 1831 · Aves
  14
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  14
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13