Theme Week Lithuania – Jonava
Wednesday, 22 June 2022 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Jonava is the ninth largest city in
Lithuania with a population of c. 30,000. It is located in
Kaunas County in central Lithuania, 30 km (19 mi) north east of
Kaunas , the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by
Kaunas International Airport .
Achema , the largest fertilizer factory in the
Baltic states , is located nearby. The city is sometimes called “the capital of
midsummer holiday” (
lithuanian : Joninės).
Jonava was officially established as a city in the 18th century during the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . In 1750, the first wooden church was built in Jonava. In 1778, a beer brewery was operating in the town. Around 1812, Napoleon and his army invaded the town and its surrounding villages. In 1923, Jonava was officially recognised as a city-status settlement and in 1950 it became the centre of the municipality.
Church of St. James the Apostle © Bearas/cc-by-sa-3.0
The city had a large Jewish population before World War II – in 1893 92% of the population was Jewish and in 1941 it was 80%. In 1932 there were 250 shops owned by Jewish families, a Jewish bank, 7 synagogues and a Jewish school. During World War II Jonava was attacked by
Nazi Germany . A Christian church and five Jewish synagogues were destroyed. The Jews of the city were killed in two massacres, in August and September 1941. A total of 2,108 people were executed by an
Einsatzgruppen of Germans and
Lithuanian Self-Defence Units . 200 remaining Jews were kept prisoners at the
Kaunas ghetto .
After the war, the city built the largest fertilizer factory in the
Baltic states and Jonava become one of the 4 biggest industrial cities in Lithuania.
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