Lygumai | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lithuania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Samogitia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Šiauliai County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 601 |
Coordinates: | 56.0056°N 23.6583°W |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Lygumai is a small town in Pakruojis District Municipality, Šiauliai County, northern-central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 601.[1] It is the administrative center of the .
In 15th century the Lygumai estate of the Grand Duke of Lithuania was mentioned.[2]
Within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the place was also known under the Polonized name Ligumy. It is known that the place was given by Stanisław II August to a royal geometer (surveyor) Czapski for the general survey of and later changed owners several times.[3]
In the beginning of August 1941, during the German occupation of Lithuania, the Jews of the village, about 70-80 men and over 100 women and children were assassinated. The mass execution was perpetrated by German Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators.[4]
Major villages of the elderate (over 100 inhabitants, as of) include Šukioniai,,,, and .
The present building of the was constructed during 1902-1915. It is listed among the tallest buildings of Lithuania. Its exact height was measured in 2016 and found to be 73.84 meters, including the 3-meter top cross.[5]