page_title: Veisiejai
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Veisiejai / History
caption_attribution_description: English: St. George church in Veisiejai, Lithuania
context_page_description: Veisiejai is a town in the Lazdijai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 18 km south-east of Lazdijai. The Esperanto language was created in Veisiejai where L. L. Zamenhof started his practice as an ophthalmologist in 1885. There is a church dedicated to St. George, an old estate with a park, high school, kindergarten "Ąžuoliukas", a post office, a museum and monuments dedicated to the composer J. Neimontas and L. L. Zamenhof.
  Veisiejai is one of a few towns that are located in a lake peninsula. The western part of the town is surrounded by a park from the 18th century. There are several lakes in the vicinity of the town. The biggest of them – Ančia – divides the town into two parts. Lake Snaigynas is in the east, Lake Vernijis in the north, and Lake Veisiejis in the southwest. The town is named after the lake Veisiejis which is situated 6 km south-west of Veisiejai.
  The Vishay Intertechnology semiconductors manufacturer is named after this city. Its founder, Dr. Felix Zandman, chose the company name after his ancestral village, in memory of family members who perished in the Holocaust.
context_section_description: Veisiejai was first mentioned as belonging to the Glinski family in 1501. It was later a property of the Massalski family and was subsequently inherited by the Ogiński family.
  Yuri Olelkovich, Duke of Slutsk, managed to get market privilege in 1525 and built first church in 1526.
  Veisiejai has a rare surviving wooden synagogue. Jews started to settle here in the early 18th century. The first synagogue was constructed in 1748. It was destroyed by fire and restored several times. A Jewish library and a Hebrew school operated in Versiejai before the war. During the German occupation, Veisiejai Jews were killed in the Katkiske ghetto.
  Between 1950 and 1959 Veisiejai was a district center. In 1956 it became a town. Its coat of arms was created by Laima Ramonienė and was approved by the President of Lithuania on March 23, 2000.
caption: St. George church in Veisiejai (1767/1817)
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