Antalieptė

55°39′40″N 25°52′01″E / 55.66111°N 25.86694°E / 55.66111; 25.86694CountryLithuaniaEthnographic regionAukštaitijaTown Utena CountyMunicipalityZarasai district municipalityFirst mentioned1897Population • Total278Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Websitehttp://www.antaliepte.lt

Antalieptė ([anˈtaːlʲɛpteː]) (Polish: Antolepty) is a small town in Zarasai district municipality, near the Duseta–Daugailiai road and the right bank of the Šventoji riverhead. The town is also 4 km from the village of Zabičiūnai.

Antalieptė has a secondary school and post office (postode: LT-32013). In Šventoji valley there is the Antalieptė Cross Discovery church, also there was Antalieptė Discalced Carmelites monastery. Antalieptė also has House of Culture, library (from 1941) and a water mill (built 1855 from broken and round rocks, red bricks and lime; mill was working until 1966).

History

According to the 1897 census, 85.5% of the population of the town was Jewish. The Jews immigrated before World War II or were murdered during the Holocaust in Nazi occupied Lithuania by both Germans and Lithuanians.^[1][2]

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