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Butrimonys town is in Alytaus district in Alytus county,
Lithuania. The town has a population of 1,126, and is a center of
Butrimonys Eldership, which has around 2100 inhabitants.
From <www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org>:
"Butrimonys town is located 24 kilometers direction to
North-east of Alytus. It is guessed that Butrimonys town was
established during the rule of Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the
Great (on the break of Fourteen-Fifteen century). Vytautas the
Great settled Tatars in the town. From the old times an important
trade road from Vilnius to Punia through Trakai and Aukstadvaris
went through Butrimonys. In 1699 the name of Butrimonys town was
mentioned in the books for the first time.
An establishment of the site as a town was fully finished in
mid-Eighteen century. Butrimonys estate belonged to nobleman
Tiskevitz until 1850. The buildings and garden of estate were
located near the road to Punia on the west side of the town.
Development of the town was interrupted by the fire that occurred
in 1787, 1835, twice in 1869 and then in 1904.
During the years Butrimonys was famous for its markets and market
places, numerous small shops and manufactories. Until
tragic events of 1941 the majority of Butrimonys inhabitants were
Jews. During the two decades of independent Lithuania in
1918-1940 Butrimonys was a center of a rural area, Alytus
region. There were fifty-five shops, six pubs, one
tavern, ten bakeries, one lemonade manufactory, one butchery, one
brick-field, and a mill in Butrimonys. During the Bolshevist
occupation Butrimonys was a center of rural area and collective
farm, now it is a central settlement of the district. Algirdas
Jusas is an Elder of Butrimonys today.
Now the town has a Church, a school, a post office, a dispensary,
a drug shop, a kindergarten, a library , a House of Culture, a
bakery and seven shops. A poultry farm of Grishkoniai and a
hippodrome are located 1 km away from Burtimonys."
The flag of Butrimonys is
at <commons.wikimedia.org>.
Valentin Poposki, 8 March and 17 June 2007
Butrimonys - on white background with green bordure with
golden squares in corners the arms of Butrimonys: triangle
crossroad-square. Flag proportions 10:11, finial is golden
tip. The arms shows the unique (in Lithuania) triangle
Market Square of town.
Virginijus Misiunas, 16 October 2009
