Plungė
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Plungė ( ; Samogitian: Plongė; ) is a city in Lithuania with 17,252 inhabitants1 as of 2023. Plunge is the capital of the Plungė District Municipality, which has 33,251 inhabitants1 as of 2022. Two parts of the city are separated by the with two bridges crossing over it. Plungė is known for Plungė Manor and its park, where the Samogitian Art Museum is located. In the Oginskiai manor park stands the Perkūnas oak natural monument. The of Plungė was created in 1905 and attracts visitors. In the center of Plungė stands a monument for the 10th anniversary of regaining the independence of Lithuania and a sculpture of Saint Florian built by the Lithuanian book carrier Kazys Barzdys. The city has a crab stick factory which exports to many countries in Europe.
Plungė ( ; Samogitian: Plongė; ) is a city in Lithuania with 17,252 inhabitants as of 2023. Plunge is the capital of the Plungė District Municipality, which has 33,251 inhabitants as of 2022. Two parts of the city are separated by the with two bridges crossing over it. Plungė is known for Plungė Manor and its park, where the Samogitian Art Museum is located. In the Oginskiai manor park stands the Perkūnas oak natural monument. The of Plungė was created in 1905 and attracts visitors. In the center of Plungė stands a monument for the 10th anniversary of regaining the independence of Lithuania and a sculpture of Saint Florian built by the Lithuanian book carrier Kazys Barzdys. The city has a crab stick factory which exports to many countries in Europe.
Name
The origin of the name Plungė is not clear. One theory is that the name was given by a landowner, in which Plungė was in. Another theory is that the name comes from the river Paplunga, which flowed through the city. The city's name is in Polish, in Samogitian, and Plongian ( ) in Yiddish. It was also historically known as Plungany ( ) in Russian. File:1-Plungė, varpinė.JPG|Bell tower File:The horse stable - panoramio.jpg|Stables of the Plungė Manor File:Plunge Manor park.JPG|Fountain File:Park of the Plungė Manor in Plungė, Lithuania in 2011.jpg|Park File:Plungė, lurdas.JPG|Plungė lourdes grotto|alt=Lourdes grotto File:Monument with the Columns of Gediminas, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Independence of Lithuania in Plungė, Lithuania.jpg|Monument "Freedom" (1928) destroyed during the Soviet occupation, restored in 1992 File:1.Plungės kapinių koplyčia.JPG|Plungė Cemetery Chapel File:Plungės_jūra_2023.jpg|Plungė Reservoir File:Plunges fontanas.jpg|The Old Town Square
Transport
Highways near the city are: Highway A11 Šiauliai–Palanga Highway 164 Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė Highway 166 Plungė–Vėžaičiai The Plungė railway station, which was opened in 1932, offers public train transport to Vilnius–Klaipėda and Radviliškis–Klaipėda. The railway is ran and owned by the state-owned Lithuanian Railways. Two bridges are constructed over the Babrungas River: the , which is dedicated for regular vehicles, and the , which is dedicated for trains.
Sports
The football club FK Babrungas Plungė plays in the Lithuanian football championship "II Lyga". The team plays in the , which is located near the Plungė Manor and Plungė Railway Station. The stadium, which was opened in 1939, can accommodate approximately 1,200 people today. Today, the regional basketball club KK Olimpas plays in National Basketball League. The team was established in 19891. In 1997, BC Olimpas played in the Lithuanian Basketball League finals, where they lost to BC Žalgiris. Afterwards, the team did not appear in national competitions until 2011. KK Olimpas started to play in Regional Basketball League and won gold medals in 2012, qualifying for the National Basketball League. In 2012–2013, the National Basketball League's regular season team finished 3rd amongst 18 teams; however, it lost the quarter-finals series 2–0 to BC Žalgiris-2. Team plays in "SS Žemaitijos Suvenyras" arena, which has a capacity of 200 people.
Twin towns – sister cities
Plungė is twinned with: Bjerkreim, Norway Boxholm, Sweden Bruntál, Czech Republic Golub-Dobrzyń, Poland Konotop, Ukraine Kvareli, Georgia Menden, Germany Tukums, Latvia Viljandi County, Estonia Former twin towns (until 2022): Krasnogorsky District, Russia
External links
The murder of the Jews of Plungė during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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