GC304P6 Raganaite bridge (Traditional Cache) in Lithuania created by TA2x

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A cache by TA2x Message this owner

Hidden : 7/13/2011

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[LT] Nors istoriniuose šaltiniuose Gargždai pirma karta minimi 1253 m. kaip Garisda, žmoniu cia gyventa nuo pat žalvario amžiaus. XV a. gyvenviete persikele i vakarini Minijos upes kranta. Jos urbanistine struktura buvo linijine. Gargždu dvaras minimas nuo XVI a., priklause Žemaitijos seniunams Kesgailoms. Gyvenviete iki pat XVIII a. priklause dvarui. 1534-1540 m. pastatyta pirmoji medine kataliku bažnycia. Nuo 1563 m. minimas Gargždu valscius (gyvavo iki 1950 metu), iki 1587 m. priklauses Palangos, o veliau – Gargždu seniunijai. 1597 m. Gargždai pirma karta pavadinti miestu. 1600 m. sausio 8 d. karalius Zigmantas Vaza suteike Gargždams prekymeciu ir turgu privilegija. Gargždai tapo svarbiausiu prekybos punktu su Klaipeda. 1639 m. karalius Vladislovas Vaza Gargždu miestelyje, kaip ir Palangoje, leido isikurti žydams, tureti savo sklypus, statyti namus, atidaryti krautuves, užsiimti ivairiais verslais. Tai paskatino miestelio augima ir klestejima, ka irodo ir rasti Gargždu lobiai. [EN] Historical sources mention Gargždai town as the eldest settlement in Lithuania. More than 750 years foils nowadays Gargždai from the first reference of it. This circumstance allowed the town to gain various functions, such as custom-town, trade-town, the town of noblemen’s estate, the center of parish as also the town of so called Jewish „Shtetle“ (the concept describes towns with huge Jewish minority or settlements with Jewish majority). All the mentioned functions are reflected by the sources. Since the 16th century the sources mention the estate of Gargždai more often. The fluctuation of the town communities is likewise reflected. Among the possessors of the town history sources recite Kesgaila, Vaina, Radvila, Sapiega and Oginsky – the members of respected houses in the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania. Even Sigismund Augustus, the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lihuania, his mother Bona Sforca and his sister Ana Jagielo are introduced as the proprietors of Gargždai estate. At the end of the 18th century, as the Lithuanian State fell, the estate of Gargždai became the property of German house of Igelstrom and Rönne. The switchover of the possessors, together with the privileges concerning farming lands, can also be found among other information presented by the historical sources.