You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Lithuanian. (December 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Lithuanian article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Lithuanian Wikipedia article at [[:lt:Veliuona]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|lt|Veliuona}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Veliuona
Town
Seal
Veliuona
Coordinates: 55°4′56″N 23°16′16″E / 55.08222°N 23.27111°E / 55.08222; 23.27111
Country	Lithuania
County	Tauragė County
Population  (2011)
• Total	726
Time zone	UTC+2 ( EET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+3 ( EEST)

Veliuona ( Samogitian: Veliouna, Polish: Wielona, German: Wehlonen) is a small town on the Nemunas River in the Jurbarkas district municipality in Lithuania.

History

Veliuona (also known as Junigeda) was first mentioned in 1291 in the chronicle of Peter of Duisburg. The town is primarily known as the burial place of Gediminas. An old church, founded by Vytautas the Great in 1421, was rebuilt and enlarged in 1636. In 1501–1506 Veliuona was granted Magdeburg rights by the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Alexander Jagiellon. In the 18th century Veliuona belonged to prince Józef Poniatowski, in the 19th century to the Zalewski family. In July 1941, ^[1] an Einsatzgruppen of German and Lithuanian nationalists murdered dozens of Jews from the town in mass executions. ^[2]

Gallery

• 
  Veliuona from west
• 
  Gediminas tombstone
• 
  Vytautas the Great Monument
• 
  Veliuona in 19th century

References

• (in Lithuanian) Veliuona, 2001, Versme, 1176 p.

External links

• (in Russian) Велона — Velona