Baisogala
Encyclopedia
Baisogala is a small town in Lithuania
. It is situated on the crossroads of Kėdainiai
–Šeduva
and Raseiniai
–Šeduva
roads. According to the 2001 census, it had 2,548 residents.
established a parish with seat in the town. Archeologists discovered cemeteries from the 5th and 6th centuries near the town suggesting the people inhabited the area well before the 16th century. In the 17th century, the town was granted to the Radziwiłł family and changed hands a few times. In 1791 the town was granted city privileges according to the Magdeburg law. Eventually, the town was bought in 1830 by Joseph Komar, a former colonel of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Komar family remained in Baisogala until 1940 when the Soviets arrested and deported the family to Kazachstan. Their large and decorated manor is quite well preserved and surrounded by 12 ha (29.7 acre) park.
, but it did not survive. Church in the present location was built in 1781 and rebuilt in 1882 with financial support from the Komar family.
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...
. It is situated on the crossroads of Kėdainiai
Kedainiai
Kėdainiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located on the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population as of 2008 was 30,214. Its old town dates to the 17th century....
–Šeduva
Šeduva
Šeduva is a city in the Radviliškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located east of Radviliškis.Shadova-Šeduva was an agricultural town dealing in cereals, flax and linseed, pigs and geese and horses, at the site of a royal estate and beside a road from Kaunas to Riga. The population...
and Raseiniai
Raseiniai
Raseiniai is a city in Lithuania. It is located on the south eastern foothills of the Samogitians highland, some north from the Kaunas–Klaipėda highway.- Grand Duchy of Lithuania :...
–Šeduva
Šeduva
Šeduva is a city in the Radviliškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located east of Radviliškis.Shadova-Šeduva was an agricultural town dealing in cereals, flax and linseed, pigs and geese and horses, at the site of a royal estate and beside a road from Kaunas to Riga. The population...
roads. According to the 2001 census, it had 2,548 residents.
History
Baisogala is first mentioned in written sources in 1539 when King Sigismund I the OldSigismund I the Old
Sigismund I of Poland , of the Jagiellon dynasty, reigned as King of Poland and also as the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until 1548...
established a parish with seat in the town. Archeologists discovered cemeteries from the 5th and 6th centuries near the town suggesting the people inhabited the area well before the 16th century. In the 17th century, the town was granted to the Radziwiłł family and changed hands a few times. In 1791 the town was granted city privileges according to the Magdeburg law. Eventually, the town was bought in 1830 by Joseph Komar, a former colonel of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Komar family remained in Baisogala until 1940 when the Soviets arrested and deported the family to Kazachstan. Their large and decorated manor is quite well preserved and surrounded by 12 ha (29.7 acre) park.
Religion
The first church was built by King Sigismund II AugustusSigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...
, but it did not survive. Church in the present location was built in 1781 and rebuilt in 1882 with financial support from the Komar family.