Vievis
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| Country |  Lithuania |
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| Ethnographic region | Dzūkija | ||
| County | Vilnius County | ||
| Municipality | Elektrėnai municipality | ||
| Elderate | Vievis elderate | ||
| Capital of | Vievis elderate | ||
| First mentioned | 1539 | ||
| Granted city rights | 1950 | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 5,246 | ||
| - Rank | 58th | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Vievis (pronunciation ; Polish: Jewie) is a town in Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania. It is 14 km east of Elektrėnai. Town surrounds Lake Vievis.
In 17th century there was a printing press located in Jewje, as the place was called back then, notable for printing books by various Protestant Calvinist scholars[1].
In the period between the World War I and World War II Vievis was among the towns with the largest Polish minority in Lithuania, with roughly 77% inhabitants declaring themselves as Poles.
The 17th century printing press became the reason why a 1970s samizdat journal "Lustra dzion" led by Vincuk Viačorka cited "Jewie" as the place of its' publishing (even though it was in fact published in Minsk)[2]. The printing press is also featured on the modern coat of arms of the city, adopted in 1999.
[edit] Notes and references
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- ^ (Polish) (Russian) (Belarusian) Mikałaj Pačkajeŭ (2003). "Epoka reformacji i kontrreformacji", Historia Litheranorum Alboruthenorum sive Zarys Historyczny Kościoła Luterańskiego na Białorusi od zarania reformacji aż do czasów obecnych. Mikałaj Pačkajeŭ. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ (Polish) Ośrodek Karta (corporate author) (2000?). „Lustra Dzion” (Zwierciadło Codzienności). Słownik dysydentów. Karta. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
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