Babėnai
Babėnai (formerly Bobiany) is a northern part of the Kėdainiai city, located in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It is between the Nevėžis and Dotnuvėlė rivers, by the road to Krekenava and Vilnius-Šiauliai railway. There are Babėnai park and pond, oil repository, old cemetery, Holocaust place and the old Daukša oak tree.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Babėnai • Type — City part • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Lithuania • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Kaunas County • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Kėdainiai district municipality • Subdivision Type3 — Eldership • Subdivision Name3 — Kėdainiai City Eldership • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3
History
History
Babėnai (as Babyne) is mentioned the first time in the Hermann von Wartberge chronicle. At the 16th century Babėnai parcel was mentioned as an estate of Daukša family. At the 19th century Babėnai was an okolica, an estate of the Dapkevičiai and Petruševičiai. Around 1923, most of Babėnai was merged to Kėdainiai. It was a resort area during Interwar period. A small part of Babėnai still was a village (till 1954 as a center of selsovet) but during Soviet era whole Babėnai became a part of Kėdainiai. From 1959, it was connected with a bus Line 1 to Kėdainiai.
Notable people
Notable people
Babėnai is a home place of famous Lithuanian writer, priest, educator Mikalojus Daukša (born between 1527 and 1538).
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