Vievis

Infobox Settlement
name = Vievis
settlement_type=City
nickname =
image_shield = Vievis COA.gif
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pushpin_label_position =
pushpin_map_caption =Location of Vievis
latd=54|latm=46|lats=30|latNS=N|longd=24|longm=48|longs=30|longEW=E
subdivision_type =Country
subdivision_name =LTU
subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1=Dzūkija
subdivision_type2=County
subdivision_name2=Vilnius County
subdivision_type3=Municipality
subdivision_name3=Elektrėnai municipality
subdivision_type4=Eldership
subdivision_name4=Vievis eldership
subdivision_type6=Capital of
subdivision_name6=Vievis eldership
established_date = 1539
established_title=First mentioned
established_date2= 1950
established_title2=Granted city rights
population_total = 5,246
population_footnotes=
population_as_of = 2005
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3

Vievis (pronunciation|Vievis.ogg; _pl. Jewie) is a small city in Elektrėnai municipality, Lithuania. It is located 14 km east of Elektrėnai. The city is surrounded by Lake Vievis.

In 1522 year the Vievis manor, in 1539 year - town, which belonged to Ogiński family, was mentioned. In the first half of 16th century the first Catholic church was built there.

About 1600 Ogiński family built a Uniate church and founded the Abbey of the Holy Spirit (Lithuanian: "Šventosios dvasios"). At the beginning of the 17th century a printing press was established near the abbey, notable for printing books by various Protestant Calvinist scholars.pl icon ru icon be icon cite book | author =Mikałaj Pačkajeŭ | coauthors = | title =Historia Litheranorum Alboruthenorum sive Zarys Historyczny Kościoła Luterańskiego na Białorusi od zarania reformacji aż do czasów obecnych | year =2003 | editor = | pages = | chapter =Epoka reformacji i kontrreformacji | chapterurl =http://lutheranica.at.tut.by/biblio/lut-hist2pl.htm | publisher =Mikałaj Pačkajeŭ | location = | isbn= | url = | format = | accessdate =2008-03-16 ]

In 1794 and 1812 the church burned down and was rebuilt in 1816. In 1837 an Orthodox church was built.

In the period between World War I and World War II, Vievis was near dividing line between Lithuania and Poland, and the town was among those with the largest Polish minority in Lithuania, with roughly 77% inhabitants declaring themselves as Poles.

The 17th century printing press became the reason why a 1970s samizdat journal "Lustra dzion" edited by Vincuk Viačorka cited "Jewie" as the place of its publishing (even though it was in fact published in Minsk).pl icon cite web | author=Ośrodek Karta (corporate author) | title=„Lustra Dzion” (Zwierciadło Codzienności) | publisher=Karta | year=2000? | work=Słownik dysydentów | url=http://www.karta.org.pl/WiadomosciBiogramy1.asp?DzialID=3&KategoriaID=53 | accessdate=2008-03-16 ] The printing press is also featured on the modern coat of arms of the city, adopted in 1999.

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