Molėtai
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Molėtai (Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Category handler".; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a city in north eastern Lithuania surrounded by lakes. One of the oldest settlements in Lithuania, it is a popular resort for the inhabitants of Vilnius. According to the 2013 census, it had 6,302 inhabitants. Known for the famous fisherman’s day. The town is located about Script error: No such module "convert". north of Vilnius and Script error: No such module "convert". south of Utena.
History
It was first mentioned as a private property of the bishop of Vilnius in year 1387.
On 29 August 1941, 700 to 1,200 Jews were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian "nationalists".[1] The victims of the massacre were commemorated in a march to the site, and a memorial was unveiled there, on the 75th anniversary, in 2016.[2]
Economy
Molėtai hosts a factory of Teltonika, a Lithuanian semiconductor company, which employed 270 people in 2024.[3]
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory, which belongs to Vilnius University, is located near the town.[4] Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology operates next to the observatory.
Gallery
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Molėtai sign
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Molėtai Church of St. Peter and St. Paul exterior
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Molėtai Church of St. Peter and St. Paul interior
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Molėtai Church House
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John of Nepomuk sculpture
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Molėtai Youth Square
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Molėtai post office
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Molėtai Child Care Home
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Municipality of Molėtai
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Art School of Molėtai
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Molėtai Gymnasium
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Molėtai Primary School
References
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- ↑ Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania: Mass Murder of the Jews of Molėtai Accessed 26 April 2017
- ↑ The Road to Death (75th Anniversary of the Murder of the Jews of Molėtai) at lzb.lt Accessed 26 April 2017
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External links
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- Molėtai tourist information centre (Places of interest)
- Virtual Tour of Molėtai
- Template:In lang Town's homepage
- The murder of the Jews of Molėtai during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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