Tauroggen

Tauragė

City

Flag

Coat of arms

Tauragė

Location of Tauragė

Coordinates: 55°15′08″N 22°17′23″E / 55.25222°N 22.28972°ECoordinates: 55°15′08″N 22°17′23″E / 55.25222°N 22.28972°E

Lithuania

Tauragė district municipality

Eldership

Tauragė town eldership

Capital of

Tauragė County
Tauragė district municipality
Tauragė town eldership
Tauragė rural eldership

First mentioned

1507

City status

1924

Area

• Total

15.7 km² (6.1 sq mi)

Elevation

38 m (125 ft)

Population (2016)

• Total

23,120

• Density

1,500/km² (3,800/sq mi)

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal code

72001

Website

www.taurage.lt

Tauragė ( pronunciation ; see other names) is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of Tauragė County. In 2011, its population was 26,444. Tauragė is situated on the Jūra River, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast, and not far from the Baltic Sea coast.

Although first mentioned in 1507, Tauragė received its city charter only in 1924 and its coat of arms (a silver hunting horn in a red field) in 1997. Notable buildings in the city include the castle (19th c. Russian Empire Customs) (currently housing Tauragė Region Museum, Tourism Information Centre), 19th c. Post office, beautiful buildings from the 20th c. inter-war period, several churches: the Lutheran (built in 1843), the Catholic (1904) and Orthodox (1933). Lithuanian, Swedish, Danish factories operates in the city. Nowadays Tauragė is famous for its car markets and Taurai Adventure Park.

In Lithuanian, Tauragė is a conjunction of two words: Tauras which means aurochs, and ragas which means horn, hence its coat of arms. The city is known as Tauragie in Samogitian, as Tauroggen in German, Taurogi in Polish, טאווריג/Tovrig in Yiddish, and Тауроген, Тауроги/Taurogen, Taurogi in Russian.

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