Kulva

55°06′30″N 24°10′40″E / 55.10833°N 24.17778°E / 55.10833; 24.17778Country LithuaniaCounty Kaunas CountyMunicipalityJonavaPopulation • Total378Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kulva is a village in Jonava district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 378 people.^[1]

History

Kulva was first mentioned in written sources in 1382.^[2]

In the 16th century, Kulva built its first church, constructed out of wood. It had been replaced by a brick building by 1650. Enlargement of this church was completed in 1782.

Education

• Kulva Abraomas Kulvietis primary school

Famous villagers

• Abraomas Kulvietis, jurist and a professor at Königsberg Albertina University, as well as a reformer of the church.

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