MarketKelmė
Company Profile

Kelmė

Kelmė is a city in northwestern Lithuania, a historical region of Samogitia. It has a population of 8,206 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė District Municipality.

Name
Kelmė's name is likely derived from the Lithuanian word kelmynės, literally: the stubby place, because of the forests that were there at the time of its founding. The Yiddish name is Kelm, as in Kelm Talmud Torah. ==History==
History
Kelmė was first mentioned in 1416, the year that Kelmė's first church was built. In total, the number of victims is 1,250-1,300 people. ==Gallery==
Gallery
Kelme manor.jpg|Kelmė Manor, dates to the 15th century Kelmes dvaras vartai 2013 IMG 7139.jpg|Kelmė Manor gates and church in the distance Kelmes evangeliku baznycia.jpg|Evangelical Reformed Church, built in 1615 Kelme.JPG|Roman Catholic Church Kelmės gimnazija 1.JPG|Kelmė Jonas Graičiūnas Gymnasium Kelmė, savivaldybė.JPG|Municipality building ==People==
People
Aryeh Leib Frumkin (1845–1916), Rabbi • Bronius Laucevičius-Vargšas (1884–1916), writer • Antanas Mackevičius (1828–1863), Roman Catholic priest involved in Uprising of 1863Icchokas Meras (1934–2014), writer • Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim (1883–1926), Rabbi • Simcha Zissel Ziv (1824–1898), the Alter of Kelm ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com