KEDAINIAI Ke dainiai Project made: Simona Banevičiūtė KEDAINIAI Situated on the banks of the Nevezis, has existed since the 15th century. Several centuries ago it was already a lively commercial and trade centre. From the beginning of the 17th century Kedainiai belonged to the influential magnate family of Radvila. At the time of the Reformation Kedainiai was an important centre of the movement and education. Kedainiai is the only among smaller towns of Lithuania that has preserved its Old Town from the 17th century. The former Town Hall, the House of Rectors, the Church of St. George, the Calvinist Church, the House of Scotch Merchants and others are valuable monuments of architecture. It was a custom here that everyone arriving in Kedainiai had to bring a stone for the construction of the town. The little town of Kėdainiai, some 120 km northwest of Vilnius, was first mentioned in 1372 in Herman Wartberge's Livonian Chronicle, and has over the years suffered the full effects both good and bad of being a reasonably important Lithuanian conurbation. Home to the wealthy and influential protestant Radvila family, the town just 300 years ago boasted a 50% Scottish population as well as being a refuge for other Lithuanian protestant communities. Known for its tolerance, Kėdainiai has played host to Arian, Catholic, Russian Orthodox and Jewish communities, and at one time became dangerously close to becoming a part of Sweden thanks to a document that was almost signed there in 1655. Prior to the genocide of the Jewish population of Lithuania, the Jews ran the entire Kėdainiai fire brigade as well as sporting their own football team, and traces of their lives still exist in the city. Unfairly labelled as the modern cucumber capital of Lithuania, modern Kėdainiai is a charming destination for a day or two, claiming one of the best-preserved old towns in Lithuania, some great museums all manner of sporting adventures, and excellent out of town adventures. Description : We invite you to visit the Old town of Kedainiai - an impressive and historically unique place. Kedainiai is one of the oldest towns in Lithuania.In 1372 it was first mentioned in Livonian Chronicle by Hermann Wartberge. According to the legend, the name of Kedainiai originated from a wealthy merchant Keidangen who had moved here from Kursas and established a small fishermen's village.Kedainiai was famous as a town of many nations, confessions and cultures. Walking along the narrow streets of the Old Town of Kedainiai you can admire magnificent history On way back we will visit Kaunas old town. The Library was established in 1920 on the initiative of V. Rybelis, the chairman of the Municipality Office, and L. Cibulskis, who was a teacher. First, it was a public reading room - bookshop located in the premises of the local administration. There were 500 books at that time. In 1925 the bookshop was provided with separate premises and Jadvyga Laucytė was appointed the first manager of it. Since the centralization of 1976 the library has got 40 departments: 4 - in the town of Kėdainiai and 36 - in the country. The Central Library became a public library in 1995 and was named after Mikalojus Dauk碞a. LIBIS - the State Integral Information System Project was started at the library in 1997. Literary parties, gatherings to commemorate the outstanding people of Kėdainiai and Lithuania, meeting interesting people, presentations of new books, exhibitions of professional authors and craftsmen are being organized in the library. In 1999 we commemorated the 400th anniversary of Mikalojus Daukša's "Postilė". 120 painters from 35 countries took part in the International Ex Libris contest, held on that occasion. Lithuania, Kedainiai AB Danisco Sugar Kedainiai Pramones g. 6 LT-5030 Kedainiai Phone: +3703476 77 30 E-mail:kedainai@danisco.com Contact Rimantas Radkevicius, Site Manager The site Kedainiai factory was built in 1970 in geographical centre of Lithuania - town of Kedainiai. The sugar beets are supplied by approximately 613 (2004) beet growers and conveyed to the site by lorries or tractors. Around 204 truckloads of beets are delivered to factory every day, which equals to almost 277,669 tonnes of sugar beet during a campaign, that are turned into sugar. Our main product is granulated sugar but we also produce feed products from the beet fibres left once the sugar has been extracted. Our entire annual sugar production is achieved during a three-month period, called the campaign, extending up to 80 days from end-September to early December when the facility operates around the clock, seven days a week. The facility has a daily processing capacity of 3,320 tonnes of beet. The site produces annually (approximately): 41,000 tonnes of sugar (2004/05)) Feed products: 10,000 tonnes of molasses and (2004/05) 8,000 tonnes of unmolassed sugar beet pellets (2004/05) 6,500 tonnes of pressed beet pulp (2004/05) The granulated sugar is sold to the retail market under the Dansukker ® brand in 1-kilo packages and to industry in 50-kilo bags and in bulk. The site employs around 211 people but is expanded by a temporary labour force of 116 people during the beet campaign. The majority of our employees work in the production e.g. as machine operators, process operators, service engineers (within electr...