Ginkūnai

Ginkūnai is a village located in Šiauliai District Municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania. The village is located on the northeastern border of Šiauliai and the western shore of the Ginkūnai Lake (the lake is part of Šiauliai). Ginkūnai has a school, post office and library. There are also two agricultural cooperatives.

Ginkūnai
Village
Coat of arms
Ginkūnai
Location of Ginkūnai
Coordinates: 55°57′22″N 23°21′29″E
CountryLithuania
CountyŠiauliai County
MunicipalityŠiauliai District Municipality
EldershipGinkūnai Eldership
Capital ofGinkūnai Eldership
Population
 (2001)
 • Total2,877[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

In 1792, Catherine the Great gifted Šiauliai Economy, state land with more than 13,000 serfs, to her favorite Platon Zubov. He then purchased Ginkūnai (six peasant houses, 24 men and 18 women serfs, an inn, windmill, and permit to use the lake) for 5,600 Dutch daalders in 1805. The family established the Ginkūnai Manor, which became the administrative center of the estates around it.[2] Zubovs supported the Lithuanian National Revival and opened a secret Lithuanian school in 1896 in violation of the Lithuanian press ban.[3] Zubov's descendants continued to own Ginkūnai until 1940 when the property was nationalized after the Soviet occupation.[2]

At the beginning of the 20th century, a freethinker's cemetery was established, which in 1966 became Šiauliai cemetery. During the Soviet times, the settlement became a centre of the local gardening-oriented sovkhoz.[3]

Ginkūnai had 162 residents in 1923, 298 in 1939, 458 in 1959, 1,050 in 1970, 1,752 in 1979, 2,397 in 1989, 2,963 in 2001.[3]

References
  1. "Šiauliai county". Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of the Republic of Lithuania. Statistics Lithuania. 2013. ISBN 978-9955-797-19-7. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. "Ginkūnų istorija" (in Lithuanian). Ginkūnų seniūnija. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
  3. "Ginkūnai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. 2019-10-04 [2004].CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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