Kuliai

Kuliai
Town
Coat of arms
Kuliai Location within Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°48′0″N 21°39′11″E / 55.80000°N 21.65306°E / 55.80000; 21.65306
Country	Lithuania
County	Telšiai County
Municipality	Plungė district municipality
Eldership	Kuliai eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	625
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Kuliai (Samogitian: Kulē, Polish: Kule) is a town in Telšiai County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town's population was 625.

History

In June 1941, local Lithuanian collaborators arrested the Jewish inhabitants of the town. 85 Jewish individuals were killed in a mass execution.

Famous people

• Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, a rabbi, was born in the town in 1886
• Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, a rabbi, was born in the town in 1910

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