Salantai

Salantai

Infobox Settlement
name = Salantai
nickname =
settlement_type= City
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pushpin_label_position =
pushpin_map_caption =Location of Salantai
image_shield = Salantai COA.gif
latd=56|latm=4|lats=0|latNS=N|longd=21|longm=34|longs=0|longEW=E
coordinates_display= inline,title
coordinates_type =region:LT_type:city(1800)
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = LTU
subdivision_type1= Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1= Samogitia
subdivision_type2= County
subdivision_name2= Klaipėda County
subdivision_type3= Municipality
subdivision_name3= Kretinga district municipality
subdivision_type4= Eldership
subdivision_name4= Salantai eldership
subdivision_type6= Capital of
subdivision_name6= Salantai eldership
established_date = 1565
established_title=First mentioned
established_date2= 1746
established_title2=Granted city rights
population_total = 1,887
population_as_of = 2005
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3

Salantai is a small city in Lithuania. It is located in the Klaipėda County, Kretinga district.

History

This town is known for two famed rabbis: Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter and his teacher Rabbi Zundel Salant, who spent most of his life in Salantai.

External links

* [http://www.salantai.kretinga.lm.lt/_private/En/salantai.htm Secondary School - History of Salantai]
* [http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Salant/Salant.html Jews of Salantai]


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