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Kaunas, Information and images

  • The city at the mouth of Meris in the Memel was first mentioned in 1361.. Until 1410, the Teutonic Knights fought for supremacy here and lost it in 1410 with the Battle of Tannenberg.. For the city began the upswing as a trading city.. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were hard times for the city with the siege of the Russians from 1655 to 1661 and the Swedes from 1670 to 1732. The plague also raged.. <9> In 1795, with the Third Polish Partition, the city was fortified in Russia and fortified by seven forts.. <9> After a short German affiliation around 1915, the region around Vilnius became a Polish territory in the Polish-Lithuanian war.. In 1940, the Red Army occupied the city from 1941 to 1944, the German Wehrmacht.. This resulted in vile murders of the Jewish population.. <9> Today the city with about 300,000 inhabitants belongs to Lithuania.. <9> <9> Attractions <9> <9> In the old town on the main square, Rotuses a.. , you will find <9> The Cathedral Peter-and-Paul, Vilniaus g.. <9> the Jesuit Church, <9> the historic town hall <9> <9> The Castle of Kaunas, A. Jaksto g.. <9> <9> The Church of St. George <9> <9> The garrison church of Sabor, Nepriklausonybes a.. <9> at the end of the pedestrian area <9> <9> The Perkunahaus, Aleksoto g.. <9> A Late Gothic Townhouse <9> <9> Meno Parkas Gallery, Town Hall Square 27 <9> With contemporary art exhibitions by the Lithuanian Artists´ Association <9> <9> Balta Gallery, M. Valanciaus gatve 21 <9> With exhibitions of Textile Art by the Textile Art Guild <9> <9> The funicular, Veiveriy g <9> On the high terrace above the river Memel.. <9> <9> The Devil Museum, V. Putvinskio gatvÄ— 64, <9> with about 3000 devils, as sculptures and carvings.. <9> <9>

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Motorhome place Kaunas Camp Inn

CP ()47168 Kaunas Lithuania
Pay for use site 28 Euro
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open 1.Mai until 30.September

Motorhome place

PN ()44001 Kaunas Lithuania
Pay for use site 2.50 until 3 Euro
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open Januar until Dezember

Motorhome place Kauna Yachtclub

SP ()52347 Kaunas Lithuania
Pay for use site 15 Euro
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open Januar until Dezember

Motorhome place Parkplatz Kaunas

PN ()52430 Kaunas Lithuania
without charge
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open Januar until Dezember

Motorhome place City campsite Kaunas

CP ()44131 Kaunas Lithuania
Pay for use site 23 until 25 Euro
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open 1.Mai until Dezember

Motorhome place Kauno IX fortas

PN ()47435 Kaunas Lithuania
without charge
WMSEN DwcU
open Januar until Dezember

Selected parking spaces

| Parking suitable for campers over 5 m
litauen 44001 Kaunas Jonavos gatvé
Relatively quiet parking lot.
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Possibly suitable for overnight stays, but warnings are given against spending the night in Lithuania.
| Parking suitable for campers over 8 m
Kauno IX fortas
litauen 47435 Kaunas Žemaič
Parking at the museum
How to get there: signposted from E67: `Kauno IX fortas´

Selected sights

| monastery
Kloster Pazaislis
52436 Kaunas T. Masiulio g.
In 1664 the baroque monastery was built. A very wealthy and influential family built the walls. Many wars went through the complex, but not all the testimonies of Italian artists were destroyed. First. . . FURTHER . . .
| Art
Ciurlionis-Museum
litauen 44248 Kaunas V. Putvinskio gatv³#279| 55
The paintings by Mikalojus Konstantinas ³#268|iurlionis are on display.
In another room you can listen to the sounds of his compositions.
| Cultural History
Teufel Museum
litauen 44211 Kaunas V. Putvinskio gatv³#279| 64
About 3000 devils, sculptures and carvings are exhibited here in the collection of Antanas Žmuidzinavi³#269|ius (1876–1966).
| building
Rathaus
litauen 44279 Kaunas Rotuš³#279|s aikšt³#279| 15
a classical building.

Selected service points

| Laundromat
Waschsalon
litauen 50201 Kaunas Savanorių

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General Pois

| church
Garnisonskirche, Kirche des Erzengels Michael
Litauen 44320 Kaunas Nepriklausonybes a.
at the end of the long avenue Laisves al.
Neo-Byzantine style Russian Orthodox Church that has been Catholic since the end of WWI.
The dome, which measures 16.3m in diameter, is made of reinfo. . . FURTHER . . .
| Manor house / manor house
Gut Raudondvaris
54127 Rotenhof Pilies takas
The Raudondvaris estate dates from the beginning of the 17th century. The name Raudondvaris means Red Mansion and the main house is one of the most famous Renaissance mansions in Lithuania. It was bui. . . FURTHER . . .
| castle
Kaunas Burg
litauen 44275 Kaunas
Well-restored and imposing castle of the city of Kaunas, which was the provisional capital of Lithuania in the years 1920-1940.
| station
Bahnhof
Veiveriy g, Kaunas
Lower station of the funicular to the High Terraces. It dates from the interwar period.
| church
Peter und Paul
litauen 44281 Kaunas Vilniaus gatv³#279| 1
Kaunas Cathedral in close proximity to the main square Rotuses Aikste