Gastilonys
Appearance
Gastilonys | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 54°52′40.8″N 24°8′38.4″E / 54.878000°N 24.144000°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | Kaunas County |
Municipality | Kaišiadorys district municipality |
Eldership | Rumšiškės eldership |
Population (1923[1]) | |
• Total | 228 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Gastilonys is a former village in the Kaišiadorys District Municipality, Lithuania, located 1 kilometer south of Grabučiškės, on the right bank of the Kaunas Reservoir.
The Gastilonys Botanical-Zoological Reserve has been established in the village, where Gastilonys oak grows.
History
[edit]The village used to be on the right bank of the Neman, east of Mozūrai . In 1959, Kaunas was flooded during the construction of the Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant, creating the Kaunas Reservoir.
Origin of the name
[edit]The name of the village comes from the surname Gastila.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Lietuvos apgyventos vietos: pirmojo visuotinojo Lietuvos gyventojų 1923 m. surašymo duomenys. Kaunas: Finansų ministerija. Centralinis statistikos biūras, 1925.
- ^ Aleksandras Vanagas. Išnykę vietovardžiai. „Kauno marios“. Paruošė Lietuvos TSR paminklų apsaugos ir kraštotyros draugijos Kauno skyrius. – Vilnius, „Mokslas“, 1981. // psl. 83–86