Ignalina District Tourism Information Center

"8 and a half Ignalina"

The information stands contain photos and descriptions of the special expedition, telling about the places found in Lithuania, Poland and Belarus, which are named after Ignalina. This expedition was conceived and information was collected by the editor of the newspaper "Mūsų Ignalina" Jonas Baltakis and businessman Kęstutis Žemaitis, who worked at Ignalina Television during the expedition. The expedition took place in 2008-2009. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Ignalina, it was planned to make a gift to the city - an informative exposition was prepared.

The creators of the exhibition found three Ignalinas in Poland, one in Belarus and three and a half more in Lithuania on the Internet. An idea was born, a spontaneous ambition - to visit all those Ignalinas, to find out why they are so called, to learn everything about them that you will be able to find. Visiting Poland alone, Ignalin covered 1,700 km, and bypassing all areas, it covered about 3,000 km.

Ignalina in Polish Lidzbark (Ignalin) is a church with a rich history, mentioned as the site of the battle of the Russian and Prussian armies with the Napoleonic army. Near the village is 110 m. high hill, from which it is said that in 1807. the battle was watched by Napoleon himself. The roads of the famous medieval Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus passed through this village. After the Second World War, many Lithuanians fleeing Stalin's repression settled in the village. The village, formerly called Reimerswalde, was named Ignalina by Žebrauskas from the village of Pašarkavi in the Ignalina district. Now Prussian-Polish Ignalina is a peaceful, quiet village with a population of about 200, a shop, a pharmacy, a small stud farm and an interesting Baroque church.

The second Ignalina found in Poland is in Tchemečne. Now there is a single farmer living there, where a husband and wife named Zajdel live. There is an underground gas storage and a salt mine near the village of Ignalina. In the neighboring village of Lavka, with which Ignalina forms one administrative unit, there is a monument to the famous Polish politician, journalist, pioneer of metallurgy and machinery manufacturing in Poland, Ipolit Cegelsk. In the vicinity of this Ignalina there are a number of residents with the Kaminskis surname.

Ignalina is spread over an area of 4 square kilometers in Chodec (Poland) and is home to 40 families (120 people). The origin of the name of the village could not be ascertained. Travelers were fascinated by nature, which is very reminiscent of the Ignalina region.

One Ignalina is located in the Verkhnedvinsk district of Belarus. From the center of the district to the village of Ignalina 42 km, about 200 inhabitants live. The only Lithuanian Zita Puzanskaja-Šiugždėnaitė met here said that the manor and Ignalina, which used to be in that place, were named after the landlord's son Ignalis. The current Ignalina has a primary school, a village club, a library, a shop and a forest district. 8 km away. from this Ignalina - the crossroads of Latvia, Belarus and Russia.

 

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