Kalnaberžė ('the hill of
birch trees', formerly
Polish:
Kałnoberże,
Russian:
Калноберже) is a village in
Kėdainiai district municipality, in
Kaunas County, in central
Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 324 people. It is located between
Surviliškis (6 km) and
Sirutiškis (5 km), on the right bank of the
Nevėžis river. At the confluence of Nevėžis and its tributary
Kruostas II there is Kalnaberžė hillfort. There is library, old cemetery, former school and medicine station in the village. Kalnaberžė manor (now in ruins) is famous of being a childhood vacation place for Russian minister
Pyotr Stolypin.
History
Kalnaberžė (as Calleberze) was mentioned the first time in 1371 by Hermann von Wartberge as Teutonic ride devastated this place. Kalnaberžė manor is known from the 16th century. It belonged to the Radziwiłł family, later to the Czapski family. After the January Uprising it was transferred to the Koshelevski and later to the Stolypin family. At the end of the 19th century there was a wooden chapel.
During the Interwar period, the manor was nationalized and became a child detention colony, and since 1949 till 1959 was a children home. During the Soviet era, Kalnaberžė was a kolkhoz center.
Demography
Historical populationYear | | |
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1820 | 357 | — |
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1902 | 452 | +0.29% |
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1923 | 511 | +0.59% |
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1959 | 491 | −0.11% |
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1970 | 602 | +1.87% |
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1977 | 393 | −5.91% |
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| Year | | |
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1979 | 605 | +24.07% |
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1985 | 531 | −2.15% |
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1989 | 420 | −5.69% |
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2001 | 377 | −0.90% |
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2011 | 324 | −1.50% |
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Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 |
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