Kelmė

Kelmė

Infobox Settlement
name = Kelmė
settlement_type=City
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Kelmė
image_shield = Kelme COA.gif
latd=55|latm=38|lats=0|latNS=N|longd=22|longm=56|longs=0|longEW=E
coordinates_display= inline,title
coordinates_type =region:LT_type:city(10500)
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = LTU
subdivision_type1= Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1= Samogitia
subdivision_type2= County
subdivision_name2= Šiauliai County
subdivision_type3= Municipality
subdivision_name3= Kelmė district municipality
subdivision_type4= Eldership
subdivision_name4= Kelmė eldership
subdivision_type6= Capital of
subdivision_name6= Kelmė district municipality
Kelmė eldership
established_date = 1484
established_title=First mentioned
established_date2= 1947
established_title2=Granted city rights
population_total = 10,597
population_as_of = 2005
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
website=http://www.kelme.lt/

Kelmė (pronunciation|Kelme.ogg) is a city in central Lithuania. It has a population of around 11,000 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė district municipality.

History

Prior to World War II, Kelmė ( _yi. Kelm) was home to a famous Rabbinical College, the Kelm Talmud Torah.

People

* Eliezer Gordon, Rabbi 1874–1883
* Yaakov Kamenetsky
* Elyah Lopian
* Alexander Ziskind Maimon
* Icchokas Meras, writer
* Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim, Rabbi 1883–1926
* Simcha Zissel Ziv, the Alter of Kelm

Twin Towns

Kelmė is twinned with
* flagicon|Poland

External links

* [http://www.kelme.lt/ Official site of Kelmė district municipality]


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