Facts About Kretinga
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Kretinga is the 6th largest town in the ethnographic region of Samogitia and the 17th largest town in Lithuania.
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Kretinga is a town in Klaipėda County, Lithuania and is the capital of the Kretinga district municipality.
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Kretinga is one of the oldest known towns in Lithuania. It was first mentioned in 1253 as the castle of Cretyn under the charter of Bishop Heinrich of Courland.
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Kretinga is twinned with: Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Germany; Bornholm, Denmark; Gribskov, Denmark; Gvardeysk, Russia; Haapsalu, Estonia; Lębork, Poland; Märkisch-Oderland, Germany; Osby, Sweden; Polessky District, Russia & Viljandi, Estonia.
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Notable people of Kretinga: Simonas Daukantas, Berek Joselewicz, Hans Lipschis, Jurgis Pabrėža, Vladas Petronaitis, Linas Pilibaitis & Aaron of Pinsk.
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In 1882 the first telephone line in Lithuania connected Kretinga with Plungė and Rietavas.
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Kretinga Jurgis Pabrėža gymnasium was founded in 1980.
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23th of Jan 1609 Kretinga was granted Magdeburg rights.
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The Population of Kretinga is 21,421.
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Kretinga is situated on the main Klaipėda-Šiauliai-Vilnius railway line and the A11 highway Palanga-Šiauliai.