Kalinas (Lithuania)

Kalinas
Village
Kalinas is located in Lithuania
Kalinas
Kalinas
Location of Kalinas
Coordinates: 54°48′32″N 25°16′59″E / 54.80889°N 25.28306°E / 54.80889; 25.28306
Country Lithuania
CountyVilnius County
MunicipalityVilnius district municipality
EldershipRiešė Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
69
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kalinas (Polish: Kalin) is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Riešė Eldership. It is located 2 kilometers northeast of Didžioji Riešė, by the Riešė river.

History

Old homestead in Kalinas.

Sources:[1][2]

In 1861, a 200-hectare land in present-day Kalinas was bought by a manor lord and engineer from Vilnius and named Miedziechowszczyzna (Lithuanian: Miedziechovščyzna). Later, the area was renamed to Kalin.

The village was formerly known as Medikiškės, later Kalina.

For a short period during the Soviet occupation, it was a local administrative centre.

References

  1. ^ Kalina. Mažoji lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, T. 2 (K–P). Vilnius, Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1968, p. 26.
  2. ^ Kalinas. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija, T. 2 (Grūdas-Marvelės). – Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1986. p. 184.


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