Kaunas

E14945

city

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania, known as a historic cultural and academic center located at the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers.

Aliases (7)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city →
area	about 157 km² →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	Lithuania →
elevation	about 48 m →
foundedInCentury	14th century →
hasAirport	Kaunas Airport →
hasFortification	Kaunas Fortress →
hasHistoricOldTown	Kaunas Old Town →
hasLandmark	Kaunas Castle → Laisvės alėja → Town Hall of Kaunas → Žalgiris Arena →
hasRailwayStation	Kaunas Railway Station →
hasSportsClub	BC Žalgiris →
hasStatus	temporary capital during interwar period →
hasTwinTown	Białystok → Riga → Rostock → Wrocław →
hasUniversity	Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences → Kaunas University of Technology → Lithuanian University of Health Sciences → Vytautas Magnus University →
historicalRegion	Aukštaitija → Samogitia →
isAcademicCenter	Lithuania →
isCapitalOf	Kaunas City Municipality → Kaunas County →
isCulturalCenter	Lithuania →
isMemberOf	Eurocities network →
isMunicipalityType	city municipality →
isOnRiver	Nemunas River → Neris River →
isProvisionalCapitalOf	Lithuania →
isSecondLargestCityOf	Lithuania →
locatedAtConfluenceOf	Nemunas River → Neris River →
locatedIn	Central Lithuania → Kaunas County →
population	approximately 300000 →
populationRankInLithuania	2 →
postalCodeRange	LT-44xxx to LT-49xxx →
receivedMagdeburgRightsInYear	1408 →
servedAsCapitalInPeriod	1919–1940 →
servedAsCapitalOf	Lithuania →
timeZone	EET →
timeZoneDST	EEST →
wasEuropeanCapitalOfCultureInYear	2022 →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kaunas Castle → Kaunas Railway Station → Kaunas Railway Station ("Kaunas city centre") → Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences → Lithuanian University of Health Sciences → Town Hall of Kaunas →	locatedIn
Ben Shahn → Emma Goldman → Hermann Minkowski → Hermann Minkowski → Herzl Rosenblum →	placeOfBirth
Kaunas University of Applied Engineering Sciences → Lithuanian University of Health Sciences →	city
Linköping → Växjö →	hasTwinTown
Kaunas Railway Station ("Kaunas City Municipality") → Town Hall of Kaunas ("Kaunas City Municipality") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Kaunas Railway Station → Kaunas Railway Station ("Kaunas metropolitan area") →	serves
Białystok → Wrocław →	twinCity
Zydrunas Ilgauskas ("Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union") →	birthPlace
Kaunas County →	capital
Kaunas County →	containsCity
Kaunas County ("Kaunas City Municipality") →	containsMunicipality
Neman River →	flowsNear
Kaunas ("Kaunas Old Town") →	hasHistoricOldTown
Kaunas Castle ("Kaunas City Municipality") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Town Hall of Kaunas ("City of Kaunas") →	ownedBy
Zydrunas Ilgauskas ("Atletas Kaunas") →	playedFor