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Užventis | |
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  Užventis Location of Užventis | |
| Coordinates:55°47′N22°39′E / 55.783°N 22.650°E /55.783; 22.650 | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Šiauliai County |
| Municipality | Kelmė district municipality |
| Eldership | Užventis eldership |
| Capital of | Užventis rural eldership |
| First mentioned | 1527 |
| Grantedcity rights | 1746 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 598 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Užventis (pronunciationⓘ,Samogitian:Ožvėntis) is a city in theKelmė district municipality,Lithuania. It is located 25 km (16 mi) north-west ofKelmė.River Venta flows through the city.
Užventis is aplace name derived from the river named Venta by adding the prefix" už- ", as the town is located upstream of Venta.[1] In theinterwar period of the 20th century, the formUžventys was most commonly used.[2] In other languages, the town is known by:Polish:Użwenty,[3]Yiddish:אוזשווענטUzhvent.
It was a tract seat in theDuchy of Samogitia within thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[3]
In 1923, 173 Jews lived in the village, comprising 22 percent of the total population.The Lithuanian white armband squad formed in Užventis just after the German invasion, and they gathered Jewish residents of the village in the brewery in early July 1941. Jews were humiliated and forced to do various kinds of work for several weeks. At the end of July, the white armbanders dug a large pit in the Želviai forest. The next day, they rounded up the majority of the Jews from the ghetto (about 50-70 people), brought them to the execution place and shot them. Several groups of Jewish men who were fit to work were taken toŠiauliai andŽagarė. About 20 Jews who were left in Užventis were executed in the Želviai forest in December 1941.
Užventis is well known for its church.[4]
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