Varniai
Varniai | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Varniai Location of Varniai | |
| Coordinates: 55°44′0″N 22°22′0″E / 55.73333°N 22.36667°ECoordinates: 55°44′0″N 22°22′0″E / 55.73333°N 22.36667°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Telšiai County |
| Municipality | Telšiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Varniai eldership |
| Capital of | Varniai eldership |
| First mentioned | 1314 |
| Granted city rights | 1950 |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 1,310 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | Varniai.lt |
Varniai (
pronunciation (help·info), Samogitian: Varnē, Polish: Wornie, German: Medeniken), is a city in the Telšiai County, western Lithuania. In the Middle Ages the city was known as Medininkai (Samogitian: Medėninkā).
It was established in the 14th century, on the bank of the Varnelė River, near an important Samogitian castle. It was the center of Samogitian Catholic church: after the baptism of Samogitia, the Samogitian Bishop resided in the town. Around 1414–1416 the first church was built, and c. 1464 the first cathedral.
Varniai was the center of Samogitian episcopate until the middle of the 19th century, when authorities of the Russian Empire moved it to Kaunas.
With support of Merkelis Giedraitis, Mikalojus Daukša translated and made ready for publication Katechizmas, the first Lithuanian language book printed in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
It was also residence of Motiejus Valančius.
Gallery[edit]
Varniai as depicted in Carta marina
One of the Varniai streets
Samogitian Diocese seat in Varniai
Interior of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Bishops of Samogitia sarcophagus in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul basement
Varniai Centre of Culture
Varniai eldership building
Merkelis Giedraitis Monument
Mikalojus Daukša Monument
Motiejus Valančius Monument
Former house of Motiejus Valančius
Varniai Motiejus Valančius Gymnasium
Notable residents[edit]
External links[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varniai. |
- (in Lithuanian) Varniai – A Resourceful Renaissance Center of 16th Century Cultural and National Ideology
- (in Lithuanian) Park of Varniai and history of Varniai
- (in Lithuanian) Museum of Samogitian episcopate
- (in Lithuanian) Website of Varniai
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