Glitiškės (Polish: Glinciszki) is a village in Vilnius district, Lithuania situated on the eastern bank of Širvys Lake. In the 2011 census, it had 549 residents.[1] The village was the site of the massacre of several dozen Polish villagers by German collaborators in 1944.[2]

Glitiškės
Village
Glitiškės Manor
Glitiškės is located in Lithuania
Glitiškės
Glitiškės
Location of Glitiškės
Coordinates: 54°59′10″N 25°13′30″E / 54.98611°N 25.22500°E / 54.98611; 25.22500
Country Lithuania
CountyVilnius County
MunicipalityVilnius district municipality
EldershipPaberžė eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
549
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Cross at the sight of the massacre in Glitiškės

References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Piotrowski, Tadeusz (1997). Poland's Holocaust. McFarland & Company. pp. 168–169. ISBN 0-7864-0371-3.