Dubingiai

Dubingiai
The church in Dubingiai
The church in Dubingiai
Coat of arms of Dubingiai
Coat of arms
Dubingiai is located in Lithuania
Dubingiai
Dubingiai
Location of Dubingiai
Coordinates: 55°03′40″N 25°27′00″E / 55.06111°N 25.45000°E / 55.06111; 25.45000
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Utena County
MunicipalityMolėtai district municipality
EldershipDubingiai eldership
Capital ofDubingiai eldership
First mentioned1334
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
208
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Dubingiai is a town in Molėtai district in Lithuania. It is situated near Lake Asveja, the longest lake in the country. The town has 208 inhabitants as of 2017.[1]

Dubingiai was the location of one of many Roman Catholic churches where the priests had to know the Lithuanian language according to the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander Jagiellon in 1501

History

Ruins of Dubingiai Castle

The settlement was first mentioned in 1334, when the knights of the Teutonic Order razed terra Dubingam during one of their raids. Other raids took place in 1373 and 1375. During the reign of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great the town became an important place in that part of Lithuania. In 1415 Vytautas ordered the building of a new masonry castle.

Later it was governed by the Radziwiłłs who built Dubingiai Castle from rock and town became one of the centres of the Reformation in Lithuania. Many famous members of Radziwiłł family were burned and are buried in the churchyard of Dubingiai castle. In the 17th century weave and paper manufactures were established in the town. In the 17th century - 18th century the town was slowly re-converted to Catholicism.

Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Dubingiai belonged to Vilnius Voivodeship. It was annexed by the Russian Empire after the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 and became a part of Vilna Governorate.

The Polish Home Army's 5th Wilno Brigade massacred 27 Lithuanians in Dubingiai itself and 70–100 in neighbouring villages on 23 June 1944, during World War II.[2] Previously, on June 20, the 258th Lithuanian Police Battalion's 3rd Company massacred 39 Polish civilians in Glitiškės after the Lithuanians discovered four of their comrades were bayonneted to death by the Polish after they were wounded during the fighting.[3]

  • The remains of Evangelicals reformators church
    The remains of Evangelicals reformators church
  • The bridge of Dubingiai
    The bridge of Dubingiai
  • Asveja near Dubingiai
    Asveja near Dubingiai

References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  2. ^ Rokicki 2015, pp. 65–66.
  3. ^ Buchaveckas, Stanislovas; Misius, Kazys. "Glitiškės". VLE (in Lithuanian). Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
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