Grabupėliai

Grabupėliai is a village in Šilutės sen., Šilutė District Municipality, Klaipėda County and has about 10 residents. Grabupėliai is situated nearby to the village Macikai, as well as near Grabupiai.

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.

Macikų dvaro sodyba

Manor estate

Photo: Manorku, GFDL.

Macikų dvaro sodyba is a manor estate.

Šilutė Airfield

Aerodrome

Photo: Pegasas, Public domain.

Šilutė airfield is a former Lithuanian Air Force airfield located in Western Lithuania, 5 km east of Šilutė. It was used for glider pilot training since the 1950s; today it is mainly used by ultralight aircraft and gliders. Šilutė Airfield is situated 3½ km south of Grabupėliai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Macikai and Grabupiai.

Macikai

Village

Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.

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.