Karmėlava


Karmėlava is a small town in Kaunas district municipality, on the left bank of the Neris River, by the A6 highway, 6 km northeast of the northern border of Kaunas and near the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania, Kaunas International Airport. In Karmėlava, there is also a full-time, self-study general education school,

Geography

A wide panorama of the Neris opens from the. Next to the town is a smaller settlement –.

History

Karmėlava is one of the oldest settlements in Lithuania. The first inhabitants of Karmėlava appeared in the Stone Age, their campsite was on a wide dune near the village of. There is a and the 14th-century Karmėlava hillfort.
Karmėlava was founded in 1387 by Grand Duke Władysław II Jagiełło of Lithuania. The area, called Kremilow, is mentioned in descriptions of the Die Littauischen Wegeberichte at the end of the 14th century.
In 1549, the Karmėlava manor belonged to Barbara Radziwiłł. Karmėlava is marked on the first map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1613.
In the 19th century, Karmėlava was a village Užusaliai rural municipality, Kaunas county.
In 1812, during Napoleon's invasion of Russia, a corps under Marshall M. Nejas was stationed in Karmėlava as the army crossed the Nemunas near Kaunas. In the November Uprising, the village served as a base for rebels led by, who launched several attacks on Kaunas. In mid-April 1831, a major battle took place near nearby Turžėnai between the insurgents and the Russian imperial forces. Residents of Karmėlava also participated in the January Uprising.
In 1918–1940, a girls' farm and home economics school operated in the former Karmėlava manor.

Residents

In 1789, there were 20 villages in Karmėlava.
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Coat of arms

In 1720, the governor of Karmėlava, Jonas Mykolas Poklevskis Koziela, granted this state-owned estate the privilege of a market. Jews were allowed to settle in the town. On March 17, 1792, the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanisław August Poniatowski, granted the town Magdeburg rights and a coat of arms. On November 24, 1998, the decree of the President of Lithuania confirmed the coat of arms of Karmėlava.

Economics

The main economic unit is the Kaunas International Airport and its related aviation companies, as well as the Kaunas Air Traffic Control Center, Kaunas Territorial Customs Office and the State Border Guard Service. The production of furniture, windows and doors, bread and pastry products have also been developed.

Kaunas International Airport

Kaunas Airport has been operating in Karmėlava since 1988, and in 2000 the Baltic Air Surveillance Network and Kaunas Aviation Meteorological Station were established here. Radar information about the airspace over the Baltic States collected in Karmėlava and is sent to the NATO Joint Air Operations Center in Germany.

Sport

Karmėlava has a football team called.