Judrėnų seniūnijos istorija

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ENThe borough of Judrenai, surrounded by forests - the outermost and smallest administrative area of the Klaipeda district municipality, is situated in the south-east corner of the Klaipeda district. It covers 6,740 hectares, and includes the administrative centre of the borough - Judrenai town, and 13 villages: Mataiciai, Uzdvaris, Darius village, Dauskiai, Girininkai, Landziai, Mikai, Mizgiriai, Norgelos, Pajudris, Sakenai, Uzvenai, Jociai. In 2009, 806 persons had declared their residence in the borough. The cultural layer of Judrenai surroundings dates back to the 1st - 4th centuries after Christ (AD). The most famous archaeological monument in the borough is Norgelai mound (Mataiciai) of the first millennium -13th century. The name of Judrenai originates from the Judre stream flowing across Judrenai. According to the territorial-administrative division, the Judrenai territory, for a long time, belonged to the Kvedarna area and until the end of the 13th century, it was included in the Pagraude volost (administrative unit). In written sources, Judrenai was, for the first time, mentioned in 1561-1592 as the centre of the Judrenai vaityste (administrative unit). According to the data of 1640, Judrenai was owned by the Vainutas public estate; in the written sources of the second half of the 17th century, it is mentioned as a separate Judrenai estate while according to the data of 1774, mentions are made again of ownership by the Vainutas estate, as part of the Pajuris volost. The earliest mention of the Judrenai manor dates back to 1561. From 1717, the public vaityste (estate) of Judrenai went on to be governed by Tomas Semaska and then later by Liudvikas Semaska, the founder of the first Judrenai chapel type church, built in 1732.In the second half of the 18th century, Judrenai was then governed by Aleksandras Semaska, who passed it to the family of his daughter, Antanina Semaskaite-Sokodolskiene, who, in turn, built a wooden watermill at the Judre stream, in 1777. In 1780, Aleksandras Semaska built a new wooden church in Judrenai, which, until 1906, belonged to the Kvedarna parish. In 1789, according to written sources, Judrenai is for the first time referred to as a small town, however it still without the privileges of markets and fairs. At the beginning of the tsarist occupation, in 1795, the Judrenai estate (manor) was taken over, in custody, by the occupying authorities. After the death of Sokodolskiai, the Judrenai estate was briefly governed by Ignas Bucevicius. In 1797, the Judrenai area was donated toTeodor Remezov I, by Tsar Pavel, who then on sold Judrenai to Timofcy Ovchinikov. Prom 1805, Judrenai holding was bought by landlords Buceviciai, who owned it till the first half of the 20th century. Since 1861, Judrenai has been incorporated in the Kvedarna volost. In the second half of the 19th century, a wooden Catholic church was built in Judrenai; the manor got an inn, a mill, and a brick factory. At the end of the 18th century (first half of the 19th century?), the Judrenai cemetery opened and in the 4th decade of the 20th century, a brick chapel was built. At the end of the 19lh century, Buceviciai mortgaged the estate [to the bank]. Since 1917, it was governed by Steponas Bucevicius. In 1906, the Judrenai church became a parish church. In 1908, a primary school was built in Judrenai.From 1861, Judrenai was included in Kvedarna volost. In 1923, the Judrenai estate had 65 residents while the village had 75. The settlement was formed following the radial plan; the roads connecting it to Rietavas, Kvedarna, Sveksna, Veivirzenai and Endriejavas. In 1927, a postal agency was opened. Before the war, the town had a mill, a couple of shops, a milk skimming unit, and a police unit. In the first half of the 20 century, Judrenai boasted a riflemen squadron, the Jaunalietuviai ("Young Lithuania" political organisation) division and a division of the Catholic organization Pavasarininkai. Before the war, S. Dapkus acquired the estate mortgaged to the bank. The former landlord of Judrenai, Steponas Bucevicius, left to Poland before the war. A total of 75 residents lived in Judrenai village in 1923, and 205 in 1942. At the beginning of the Soviet occupation in 1941, the Baluka family was exiled from Judrenai. Judrenai did not suffer greater losses during the war. According to the Soviet territorial-administrative system, from 1945 to 1950, Judrenai, belonging to the Rietavas county, became the centre of the Judrenai district; from 1950 to 1962, it belonged to the Silale district and from 1962 to the Klaipeda district. After the war, the Judrenai School was moved to the former building of the estate which burnt in 1962. In 1950, a local collective farm was created, and from 1959 to 1993 there also was Judrenai Soviet farm. In 1954, a unit of paramedics and midwives and in 1957 a library and cultural centre were opened in Judrenai. In 1959, Judrenai comprised 198 residents; there was a sawmill plant. [From the summary]