# Tverai

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Place in Samogitia, Lithuania

Tverai Centre Coat of arms Tverai Location of Tverai Coordinates: 55°44′00″N 22°08′40″E / 55.73333°N 22.14444°E / 55.73333; 22.14444 Country Lithuania Ethnographic region Samogitia County Telšiai County Municipality Rietavas district municipality Elderate Tverai elderate Population (2011) • Total 558 Time zone UTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Monument to Duke [Vykintas](/source/Vykintas)

**Tverai** ([Samogitian](/source/Samogitian_language): *Tverā*) is a [small town](/source/Miasteczko) in [Rietavas municipality](/source/Rietavas_municipality), [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania). It is situated on [Aitra River](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aitra_River&action=edit&redlink=1), tributary to [Jūra](/source/J%C5%ABra), about 17 km east from [Rietavas](/source/Rietavas) and 14 km from [Varniai](/source/Varniai). Tverai, with population of about 560, is a capital of an [elderate](/source/Elderate).

## History

Tverai is identified with Tviriment Castle, mentioned in 1251 by the [Hypatian Codex](/source/Hypatian_Codex). The castle was the fortress where [Vykintas](/source/Vykintas), Duke of [Samogitia](/source/Samogitia) and victorious leader of the [Battle of Saule](/source/Battle_of_Saule), defended himself against [Mindaugas](/source/Mindaugas), crowned as [King of Lithuania](/source/King_of_Lithuania) in 1253, during a civil war for power in the early [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania).[1] Vykintas was defeated and Mindaugas became the undisputeded monarch. During World War II, a group of Jews were murdered in summer and fall of 1941.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Semaška, Algimantas (2006). *Kelionių vadovas po Lietuvą: 1000 lankytinų vietovių norintiems geriau pažinti gimtąjį kraštą* (in Lithuanian) (4th ed.). Vilnius: Algimantas. p. 510. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9986-509-90-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9986-509-90-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania"](http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/235/).

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