Whats interesting about Skuodas

For its rural, agrarian land

The railway was built in Skuodas During the Kaiser occupation in 1915. Most of the trees grown in Skuodas forests were transported to Germany by this railway. For this reason,…

Geographical location

The map of Lithuania placed on the table or hang up on the wall shows that Lithuania begins from Skuodas. In the numbered map Skuodas town is marked with the…

Not only the secret of the disappearance of Bareikiai town

After J. Chodkevičius became the owner of Skuodas he founded a new town in the same (small rural) district of Grūstė, which was named by the founders first family name…

Early Self-Government and other important events

Skuodas was first mentioned in historical sources in 1253, as a part of Kuršas territory. In 1259 near Skuodas the Samogitian army, led by Duke Algimantas, defeated the Livonian Order,…

The oldest settlement in Lithuania and other Curonian tribe heritage

Moving southeast 8 kilometers from Skuodas, Apuolė landscape and historic reserve is located there. Area 40 ha. The picturesque complex of hills of the Western Curonian land, the Apuolė mound,…

The biggest stone in Lithuania, other ice age relics

In Šaukliai there is Geological Reserve with an area of 162 hectares. The landscape with a large number of boulders which were brought by glaciers 12 – 13 thousand years…