Kretinga

Kretinga

Understand The name of the town may drive from "kret-", shaking or boggy ground, but there are several other explanations and only one man ever knew its origin for sure. In 1609 Žemaitija Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius named the place Karolstadt after himself, but no-one else called it that, so Kretinga (in various spellings) it remained. It gradually industrialised, between the horrors of war and Nazi and Soviet occupations, based mostly on agriculture such as knitware and woodwork. A large employer today is local government, as the Klaipėda County admin is based here not in Klaipėda city. Tourist Information Centre is just south of the monastery church at Vilniaus g 2B, open M-Th 08:00-17:00, F 08:00-16:00.

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