Kudirkos Naumiestis
city in Lithuania
Kudirkos Naumiestis () is a town in southern Lithuania. It is located 25 km (16 mi) south-west of Šakiai.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in 1561 as a village called Duoliebaičiai.
Queen Cecilia Renata, who held the Jurbarkas starostwo as her dower estate, founded a town here under Magdeburg Law, which she named Władysławów (Lithuanian: Vladislavovas) in honor of her husband King Władysław IV, by virtue of a charter dated March 26, 1643. The town was granted a coat of arms featuring a stag’s head with three stars above it. Jews were prohibited from settling in the town. However, the name did not achieve popular usage, and the settlement became known as "a Town" or "a New Town" instead.
In 1647, a wooden parish church was founded by the queen, and a Carmelite monastery was subsequently established alongside it. The Carmelites rebuilt the church in brick in 1788. The monastery was dissolved in 1805.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q277936. VIAF identifies the subject as 135119495. The Library of Congress control number is nb2004303932. Authority coordinates are 54.775, 22.867. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1561, 1643, 1647 and 1788.
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