Pasvalys

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City in Aukštaitija, Lithuania

Coat of arms

56°3′34″N 24°24′13″E / 56.05944°N 24.40361°E / 56.05944; 24.40361Country

LithuaniaEthnographic regionAukštaitijaCounty

Panevėžys County MunicipalityPasvalys district municipalityCapital ofPasvalys district municipality
Pasvalys city eldership
Pasvalys rural eldershipFirst mentioned1497Granted city rights1946Population

(2023)

• Total6,411Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Websitewww.pasvalys.lt

Pasvalys (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a city in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River.

History

In 1557, the Treaty of Pasvalys was signed in the town, which provoked Ivan IV of Russia to start the Livonian War. Pasvalys has mineral spring waters – in 1923 physician K. Armonas created a small sanatorium. At this time about 200 people spent time in sanatorium yearly.

Soviet occupation and mass deportations in 1941 were devastating – most of the most active teachers and civil servants, intellectuals were deported to remote regions in Russia and Central Asia.

In August 1941, 1349 Jews from the village and the surroundings were executed by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and local collaborators as mentioned in the Jäger Report.^[1]

After 1944 Soviet mass deportations started again – the main target were farmers and their families. Hundreds of families were deported. The program of forced collectivisation has started.^[2]

Since 1947 partisans of Pasvalys district fought against Soviet occupants. Pasvalys' partisans belonged to Algimantas military district (apygarda), later - to Vytis military district of the Lithuanian partisans. Most of the partisans operated in Žalioji rinktinė (The Green Squad), which was based in Žalioji giria (The Green Forest).^[3]

Education

Pasvalys Gimnasium of Petras Vileisis.

Lėvens primary school

Pasvalio Svalios gymnasium

Industry

Pasvalys is famous for its farmhouse beer and is a part of Beer Route in Lithuania.

Cheese factory owned by company Pieno Žvaigždės is located in the city.

Sports

Pasvalys has its basketball club - BC Pieno žvaigždės.

Museums

Pasvalys Mill Museum

Museum of the Pasvalys region

Gallery

Treaty of Pasvalys, signed between Polish-Lithuanian King Žygimantas Augustas and the Livonian Order
Pinewood and stadium
Pasvalys stadium
$Pasvalys Church, with fractures due to earth instability visible$

Pasvalys Church, with fractures due to earth instability visible
Pasvalys in winter
The Green Spring in Pasvalys

Twin towns and Sister cities

Pasvalys is twinned with:

Żory in Poland^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
^ "The Collectivization of Lithuanian Agriculture (1940 -1952)". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
^ Apie pokario kovas Pasvalio krašte