Jurgėnų kraštas: praeitis, etninė kultūra, dabartis
ENThis book is about Jurgėnai land: its geographical position and historical memory, about the people who lived and are living here, and about their destinies throughout history. In a general sense the author o f the book is Jurgėnai land's community seeking to encourage the people to learn more about the history of their land and honourable past o f their country, which was and still is a refreshing source o f spiritual strength. Jurgėnai land is a historically formed community of twelve villages - Atžalytė, Aukštagojis, Auriliškiai, Dirvonai, Gegabrasta, Jurgėnai, Kalnas, Paįstriečiai, Ramonynė, Stebeikėliai, Stebeikiai and Talkoniai. The land and the community got the name Jurgėnai due to the distinctive role o f the village o f Jurgėnai in the historical development of the land. Geographically, the land is in the northern part of Lithuanian Central Plain, which includes the lowlands of the rivers Nevėžis and Mūša-Nemunėlis. More specifically - this is the place, surrounded from the east by the Svalia rivulet and the village o f Rimkūnai, from the south by Pumpėnai pine wood and Pumpėnai small town, from the west by the Lėvuo River, and from the north by the village of Talačkoniai. According to the administrative subordination Jurgėnai land belongs to Pasvalys district. [...].
