Kristijonas Donelaitis
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Kristijonas Donelaitis was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable Lithuanian-speaking minorit
Donelaitis on a 1994 Lithuanian stamp
Inside the former Lutheran church of Tollmingkehmen, built by Donelaitis. In 1964, it was transformed into a memorial museum of Donelaitis.
The original first page of Spring Joys, which is considered the beginning of The Seasons
Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast
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Gusev is a town and the administrative center of Gusevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Pissa and Krasnaya Rivers, near the border with Poland and Lithuania,
Kristijonas Donelaitis
…Lithuanian peasants, their struggle with serfdom, and the annual cycle of life. Donelaitis was born at Lasdinehlen estate (now Gusevsky District) near Gumbinnen, Prussia. His parents were free peasants who owned the land that they cultivated. His father died in 1720, leaving seven children (four sons and three…
Old tenement houses
Salzburg Lutheran Church
Aerial view in the early 20th century
Administrative building