Smalininkai

Smalininkai (pronunciation ) is a small city in Lithuania. It is located on the right bank of the Neman River, 12 km (7.5 mi) west from Jurbarkas. It was part of German East Prussia and was called Schmalleningken from 1422 to 1945. Between 1923–1939 and since World War II, it has been part of Lithuania.

Smalininkai
City
Piers on the Nemunas River in Smalininkai
Flag
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
Smolnis
Smalininkai
Location of Smalininkai
Coordinates: 55°5′0″N 22°34′0″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionLithuania Minor
CountyTauragė County
MunicipalityJurbarkas District Municipality
EldershipSmalininkai eldership
Capital ofSmalininkai eldership
First mentioned15th century
Granted city rights1945
Population
 (2007)
 • Total621
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Name

The name describes a place of tar and pitch burners ("smala": tar, pitch; -ingken: village).

History

Since 1422 Treaty of Melno, Schmalleningken was a border village at the Lithuanian-German customs frontier. In 1792 it was appointed to a market town. In 1845 the village became a parish and 1878 a church was built there. In 1902 a light railway was built from Pogegen to Schmalleningken. In 1925, the village had 1,741 inhabitants and was incorporated into the Landkreis Tilsit-Ragnit in 1939.

Literature
  • Kurschat, Heinrich A.: Das Buch vom Memelland, Siebert Oldenburg 1968
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