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 Žaiginys is a small town in Kaunas County located in central Lithuania, in the northeast of Raseiniai District Municipality. As of 2011 it had a population of 335. Its name is derived from the Lithuanian word žaiginys, referring to wooden frames used to dry hay or grain.

History
Žaiginys manor was first mentioned in 1575. There was a brewery making vodka and bitter. The first Žaiginys church, Church of St. Antanas Paduvietis, was built in 1664 or 1684. In 1716, Žaiginys manor was granted trading privileges. The manor owner, Jacob Nagurski, invited Franciscans to Žaiginys in 1762. The Franciscans operated a monastery between 1764 and 1832, which was the last monastery established in the Samogitia region during the period. Nicholas I of Russia closed the monastery in the 1830s, and the Žaiginys church became a branch of Šiluva parish.

From 1907-1915 there was a private school that later burnt down.

During the Second World War, anti-Soviet partisans were active.

In Soviet times, the town was the center of the neighborhood and the central settlement of the Žaiginys Soviet (founded in 1959).

Žymūs žmonės

 * Janina Matulienė, bibliotekininkė, Kėdainių visuomenininkė.

Nuorodos

 * Žaiginys. Mūsų Lietuva, T. 4. – Bostonas: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla, 1968. – 551 psl.
 * Kaimo bendruomenė „Bitupis“
 * Pranciškonų konventualų „sala“ Žemaitijoje: Žaiginio vienuolyno įkūrimas XVIII a. antroje pusėje

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