Macikai
Macikai is a village in Šilutė District Municipality, Lithuania, 2 km east of Šilute. The village is within the Lithuanian Coastal Lowlands. The Šyša river flows around Macikai along its northwestern and northeastern edges.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 898 residents
- Description: village in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Matsikay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Macikai POW and GULAG Camps and Macikų dvaro sodyba.
Macikai POW and GULAG Camps
Museum
Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.
Macikai POW and GULAG Camps is location of the German, later Soviet prisoner-of-war camp and the Soviet GULAG forced labor camp located near the village of Macikai in German-occupied Lithuania and later, the Lithuanian SSR.
Šilutė train station
Railway station
Photo: Pegasas, Public domain.
Šilutė train station is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barzdūnai and Grabupiai.
Macikai
- Category: locality
- Location: Šilutės sen., Šilutė District Municipality, Klaipėda County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.35583° or 55° 21′ 21″ northLongitude
21.5196° or 21° 31′ 11″ eastPopulation
898Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
9G739G49+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1156754264OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
597323Wikidata ID
Q3274595
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Samogitian—“Macikai” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Macikai”
- Dutch: “Macikai”
- Finnish: “Macikai”
- French: “Macikai”
- Japanese: “マツィカイ”
- Lithuanian: “Macikai”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Macikai”
- Samogitian: “Macėkā”
- “Macėkā”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Macikai village prisoners of war cemetery and Zudermano muziejus.
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