Pajieslys
Pajieslys (formerly Russian: Поесли, Polish: Pojeśle)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 254 people.[2] It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Krakės, by the Jiesla rivulet, nearby its confluence with the Šušvė. There is a wooden Catholic church of St. Mary (built in 1913), a library, and a school. The Pajieslys Geomorphological Sanctuary is located nearby. Pajieslys hosts an ISKCON community.[3]
Pajieslys | |
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Village | |
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  Pajieslys Location in Lithuania  Pajieslys Pajieslys (Lithuania) | |
| Coordinates: 55°20′38″N 23°40′01″E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Eldership | Krakės Eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 254 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
The first church in Pajieslys had been built in 1857. Till the Soviet era there was the Pajieslys manor. Later the settlement was transformed into a kolkhoz and selsovet (1950–1988) center.[4]
Demography
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Notable people
- Teodora Urszula Piłsudska (1811–1886), grandmother of Józef Piłsudski, buried in the Pajieslys Church cemetery.
Images
Pajieslys from the west
Entrance to Pajieslys from Pilsupiai
The tomb of Teodora Urszula Piłsudska
Pajieslys Church
References
- "Pojeśle". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 478.
- "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- Donatas Glodenis (2010-01-21). "Pajieslio kaimo gyventojai išsigando krišnaistų". religija.lt.
- "Pajieslys". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 267.
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