{"id":44270,"date":"2025-06-20T10:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/silute-region\/towns-of-the-silute-region\/usenai\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T22:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:20:36","slug":"usenai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/silute-region\/towns-of-the-silute-region\/usenai\/","title":{"rendered":"Us\u0117nai"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"44270\" class=\"elementor elementor-44270 elementor-44096\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-fce95f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fce95f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddfdbf3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddfdbf3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8265b14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8265b14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/miesteliai-usenai.jpg\" class=\" wd-lazy-blur attachment-full size-full wp-image-30732\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/miesteliai-usenai.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/miesteliai-usenai-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/miesteliai-usenai-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5f4e35 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5f4e35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8355cfe color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8355cfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Us\u0117nai was first mentioned in written sources in 1722. Us\u0117nai is located south-east of \u0160ilut\u0117, near the Klaip\u0117da-Pag\u0117giai railway. The Vei\u017eas, the right tributary of the Nemunas, flows through the village. In 1874, the railway line Pag\u0117giai-\u0160ilut\u0117 was built through Us\u0117nai and a railway station was built. In 1905, the village had 71 inhabitants: 65 Germans, 6 Lithuanians. Us\u0117nai was called M\u00e4dewald. After the restoration of Lithuania in 1918, Us\u0117nai was home to the Pienocentras dairy, several shops and an agricultural machinery repair company.          <br>A memorial stone was erected in Us\u0117nai to honor soldiers who perished between 1941 and 1945. In 1976, a folk sculpture ensemble was created by folk artists from the \u017demaitija region during a creative seminar. The ensemble consists of 12 oak sculptures inspired by the motifs of traditional Pamarys wooden grave markers \u2013 krik\u0161tai \u2013 and carved distaffs.<br>In 2005, a stogastulpis (wooden pillar shrine) was erected to commemorate the 220th anniversary of the Us\u0117nai settlement.    <\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Us\u0117nai was first mentioned in written sources in 1722. Us\u0117nai is located south-east of \u0160ilut\u0117, near the Klaip\u0117da-Pag\u0117giai railway. 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