Žeimelis
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Žeimelis is a town in northern Lithuania
, 40 km to the north from Pakruojis
, near the border with Latvia
. It is a centre of an elderate. A school first mentioned in 1596 (at the Lutheran church). Field Marshal Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
was baptized in the Lutheran church on December 27, 1761. High school was established in 1920. Agriculture school founded in 1937.
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...
, 40 km to the north from Pakruojis
Pakruojis
Pakruojis is a city in Lithuania. It is situated on the Kruoja River, which has a dam above the city. 43 buildings of the manor, mentioned in 1531, survived to this day....
, near the border with Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. It is a centre of an elderate. A school first mentioned in 1596 (at the Lutheran church). Field Marshal Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , was a Russian Field Marshal and Minister of War during Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and War of the Sixth Coalition.-Early life:...
was baptized in the Lutheran church on December 27, 1761. High school was established in 1920. Agriculture school founded in 1937.
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