Rietavas
Encyclopedia
Rietavas is a city in Lithuania
on the Jūra River
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,979. It is the capital of Rietavas municipality
.
The city is famous for building the first power station
to produce electricity
in Lithuania in 1892. The first telephone line in Lithuania was also built here.
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
on the Jūra River
Jura
-Mountains:*Jura mountains, on the French-Swiss-German border, the namesake of the Jurassic period of geology*Franconian Jura, a mountain range in southeastern Germany*Bernese Jura, a region in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland...
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,979. It is the capital of Rietavas municipality
Rietavas municipality
Rietavas municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania....
.
The city is famous for building the first power station
Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
to produce electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
in Lithuania in 1892. The first telephone line in Lithuania was also built here.
Notable people
- Laurynas IvinskisLaurynas IvinskisLaurynas Ivinskis was a Lithuanian teacher, publisher, translator and lexicographer, from a Samogitian noble family. He is notable for a series of annual calendars published between 1847 and 1877, in which he summarized the daily life of Samogitian peasantry, Laurynas Ivinski also published...
- Lithuanian teacher, publisher, translator and lexicographer. - Diana ŽiliūtėDiana ŽiliuteDiana Žiliūtė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day....
- Lithuanian racing cyclist, olympic medalist. - Susman BrothersSusman BrothersSusman Brothers was a business partnership that united brothers Elie Susman and Harry Susman after they crossed the Zambezi river in 1901. The brothers were Jewish businessmen from Riteve, western Russia, now Lithuania. They founded, owned, and operated several large businesses in Africa. Elie...
- businessmen in Rhodesia