Vėlkiškės
Vėlkiškės is a village in Turgelių sen., Šalčininkai District Municipality, Vilnius County and has about 97 residents. Vėlkiškės is situated nearby to the village Gureliai, as well as near Vaitiešiūnai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 97 residents
- Description: village in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Vil’kishki” and “Vilkiskes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pawłowo/Paulava Republic and Merkinė Manor.
Pawłowo/Paulava Republic
Paulava Republic was a farmer community and a micro-state in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with its own parliament, army, and laws. Located around the Merkinė Manor in present-day Šalčininkai District Municipality, Lithuania, it covered an area of 30.4 km2 and had about 800 residents. Pawłowo/Paulava Republic is situated 3½ km east of Vėlkiškės.Merkinė Manor
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Merkinė Manor was a residential manor in Merkinė village, Šalčininkai District Municipality, Lithuania. It was the location of the self-proclaimed Paulava Republic, established by Paweł Ksawery Brzostowski in 1769. Merkinė Manor is situated 3½ km east of Vėlkiškės.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merkinė and Barkuškės.
Merkinė
Village
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Merkinė is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Vėlkiškės.
Barkuškės
Village
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Barkuškės is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Vėlkiškės.
Keidžiai
Village
Photo: VietovesLt, CC BY 3.0.
Keidžiai is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Vėlkiškės.
Vėlkiškės
- Category: locality
- Location: Turgelių sen., Šalčininkai District Municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
54.46698° or 54° 28′ 1″ northLongitude
25.42087° or 25° 25′ 15″ eastPopulation
97Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)Open location code
9G67FC8C+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2383173246OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
593142Wikidata ID
Q9374601
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Samogitian—“Vėlkiškės” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Вількішкі”
- Chinese: “Vilkiškės”
- Dutch: “Wilkiszki”
- Lithuanian: “Vilkiškės (Turgeliai)”
- Lithuanian: “Vilkiškės”
- Lithuanian: “Vilkiškiai (Turgeliai)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vilkiškės (Turgeliai)”
- Polish: “Wilkiszki”
- Samogitian: “Vėlkiškės”
- “Vėlkiškės”
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Localities in the Area
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