Dotnuva

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Dotnuva

| settlement_type = Town

| nickname =

| image_shield = Dotnuvos herbas.jpg

| image_skyline = Dotnuva.JPG

| image_caption =Dotnuva church

|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Dotnuva

| pushpin_map = Kėdainiai District Municipality#Lithuania

|coordinates = {{coord|55|21|0|N|23|54|0|E|region:LT|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type =Country

| subdivision_name ={{LTU}}

| subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region

| subdivision_name1=Samogitia

| subdivision_type2=County

| subdivision_name2=20px Kaunas County

| subdivision_type3=Municipality

| subdivision_name3=Kėdainiai district municipality

| subdivision_type4=Eldership

| subdivision_name4= Dotnuva Eldership

| subdivision_type6=Capital of

| subdivision_name6= Dotnuva eldership

| established_date = 1372 {{cite web

| url = http://www.veidas.lt/tag/neglamurine-lietuva

| title = Akademija, žemdirbių Lietuvos sostinė

| publisher = Veidas

| date= 7 May 2016}}

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date2=

| population_total = 643

| population_as_of = 2021

|timezone=EET

|utc_offset=+2

|timezone_DST=EEST

|utc_offset_DST=+3

}}

Dotnuva (formerly {{langx|pl|Datnów}}, {{langx|ru|Датновъ, Датново, Датнов}}, {{langx|de|Dotnau}}) is a small town with a 2003 population of 775 in central Lithuania, 10 km northwest of Kėdainiai, in the Kėdainiai district municipality. It is located on the Dotnuvėlė River. The geographical center of Lithuania, in the village of Ruoščiai, is only a few kilometers away. There is a Catholic church, former Bernardine monastery, an abandoned sawmill and watermill in Dotnuva. The Dotnuva manor is in the nearby town of Akademija.

Dotnuva is an important center of agriculture.

History

File:Dotnuvosbaznyciaporemonto 2.jpg

The first mention of the name Dotnuva was in 1372. The Dotnuva estate was known from the 16th century. In 1636, the first wooden church was built. The Brzostowski family, the owners of surrounding land and town, invited Bernardines from Vilnius and in 1701, a Bernardine monastery was established in the town. The monastery was begun in 1768 and the church in 1773–1810. This monastery also kept the primary school similar to the other Bernardine monasteries. The school was opened in 1796 and in beginning of the 19th century grew to the level of high school (gymnasium). But as the monks got involved in the 1831 Uprising against Russian rule, the school was closed in 1836.

The town has a long history of farming education. In 1911–1914 Pyotr Stolypin founded the farming school in the old estate. A new building for this school was built (destroyed in 1944). In 1924, Dotnuva Agricultural College was founded at the Dotnuva estate, today called Akademija. On 26 February 1947, the first kolkhoz in Lithuania – the Marytės Melnikaitės kolūkis – was established nearby.

From 1956 to 1996, Dotnuva held the status of city but later was declared as a town.{{Cite web|url=https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.26664|title = 442 Dėl Dotnuvos statuso pakeitimo}}

Climate

{{Weather box

|location = Dotnuva (1991–2020 normals)

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|Jan high C = -0.9

|Feb high C = 0.0

|Mar high C = 4.7

|Apr high C = 12.5

|May high C = 18.4

|Jun high C = 21.5

|Jul high C = 23.9

|Aug high C = 23.3

|Sep high C = 17.7

|Oct high C = 10.6

|Nov high C = 4.5

|Dec high C = 0.7

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -3.0

|Feb mean C = -2.6

|Mar mean C = 1.0

|Apr mean C = 7.5

|May mean C = 12.9

|Jun mean C = 16.3

|Jul mean C = 18.6

|Aug mean C = 17.8

|Sep mean C = 12.9

|Oct mean C = 7.2

|Nov mean C = 2.5

|Dec mean C = -1.2

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = −5.3

|Feb low C = −5.2

|Mar low C = −2.1

|Apr low C = 2.8

|May low C = 7.6

|Jun low C = 11.2

|Jul low C = 13.6

|Aug low C = 12.9

|Sep low C = 8.9

|Oct low C = 4.3

|Nov low C = 0.6

|Dec low C = -3.3

|year low C =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 38

|Feb precipitation mm = 32

|Mar precipitation mm = 31

|Apr precipitation mm = 31

|May precipitation mm = 46

|Jun precipitation mm = 59

|Jul precipitation mm = 80

|Aug precipitation mm = 66

|Sep precipitation mm = 45

|Oct precipitation mm = 52

|Nov precipitation mm = 43

|Dec precipitation mm = 43

|year precipitation mm =

| Jan humidity = 86

| Feb humidity = 83

| Mar humidity = 77

| Apr humidity = 69

| May humidity = 67

| Jun humidity = 71

| Jul humidity = 73

| Aug humidity = 74

| Sep humidity = 79

| Oct humidity = 84

| Nov humidity = 88

| Dec humidity = 88

| year humidity =

|source 1 = Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service{{cite web |title=Klimato duomenys 1991-2020|url=https://www.meteo.lt/klimatas/lietuvos-klimatas/klimato-duomenys/ |website=Lietuvos hidrometeorologijos tarnyba |language=lt}}}}

Demography

{{historical populations| width = 10em| cols = 4

|align=center| percentages = pagr

|1833|432

|1865|494

|1897|616

|1923|491

|1959|1135

|1970|1008

|1974|1200

|1976|1200

|1979|990

|1989|867

|2001|775

|2011|687

| source = [https://kresy.genealodzy.pl/gub_wil_87/kowno_wlasc.html 1902], [http://www.epaveldas.lt/recordDescription/LNB/C1B0002365127 1923], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/w/images/7/79/Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1959_ir_1970.pdf 1959 & 1970], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1979.pdf 1979], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1989.pdf 1989], [https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/212976/Kauno_apskritis.pdf/8593b78f-5d58-4f1a-aed1-d108f07398ae 2001], [http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en 2011]}}