Varėna

For the city in Iran, see Varamin. For the frazione in Italy, see Varena, Trentino. For the plebeian family of ancient Rome, see Varena gens.
Varėna
City
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Varėna is located in Lithuania
Varėna
Varėna
Location of Varėna
Coordinates: 54°12′40″N 24°34′20″E / 54.21111°N 24.57222°E / 54.21111; 24.57222
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionDzūkija
County Alytus County
MunicipalityVarėna district municipality
Capital ofVarėna district municipality
Varėna eldership
First mentioned1377
Granted town rights1946
Area
 • Total
12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population
 (2024[1])
 • Total
7,794
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Varėna (pronunciationⓘ) is a city in Dzūkija, southern Lithuania.

Etymology

The name of the town comes from an old village - Senoji Varėna (at the time called simply Varėna), while the new, present Varėna was being established nearby. The place name itself comes from the name of the Varėnė River.[2] In other languages, the town is referred to as: Polish: Orany;[3] German: Warnen; Yiddish: אוראַן Oran.

History

The town was founded in 1862 near the Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway, 4 km (2.5 mi) south of Sena Varėna (Old Varėna). At that time it was a small settlement, but following steady development it eventually became the center of the district. In the interbellum period, following World War I, the town was annexed by Poland, and renamed Orany. It was located near the then Polish-Lithuanian border, in the Wilno-Troki County (Powiat wileńsko-trocki) of the Wilno Voivodeship. In 1939, following the German-Soviet Invasion of Poland, Varėna was returned to Lithuania.

On September 9, 1942, all the Jews of the town of Varėna were collected in the local synagogue. On that day, even though the Germans had tried to prevent him from doing so, the priest Jonas Gylys entered the synagogue and encouraged the Jews to be brave in their last hours rather than convert to Christianity.

On the following day (or, according to another source, on the 9th itself) all of the Jews were taken from the synagogue to Ežeriekai - a grove of trees near the village of Druckūnai, 1.5 kilometres (0.9 miles) from the town, on the side of the road leading to the village. Two large pits had been dug there 25 metres (82 feet) apart, one for the men and one for the women. Germans forced the victims in groups toward the pits and shot them there.

According to the report of Karl Jaeger, commander of Einsatzkommando 3A, 831 Jews from Varėna (and the surrounding areas) – 541 men, 149 women, and 141 children – were killed on that day.[4]

In 1946 around 2000 Poles were repatriated to Poland.[5]

Following industrialization in the 1970s, the town grew rapidly. Currently there are 9,240 residents in Varėna. The Varėna district is the largest and most forested region in Lithuania.

People

Twin towns — Sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Lithuania

Varėna is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "Resident population on 1 July". osp.stat.gov.lt. 2024-07-19.
  2. ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas. Vilnius: L. Leščinskas. p. 62. ISBN 978-609-8322-09-5.
  3. ^ Zych, Maciej; Kacprzak, Justyna, eds. (2019). Urzędowy wykaz polskich nazw geograficznych świata [Official List of Polish Geographical Names of the World] (in Polish) (2nd ed.). Warsaw: Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii. p. 165. ISBN 978-83-254-2578-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ "The Untold Stories. The Murder Sites of the Jews in the Occupied Territories of the Former USSR".
  5. ^ "Stanisław Ciesielski, Aleksander Srebrakowski". Archived from the original on 2002-10-17. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
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