Merkinė
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Merkinė
Orthodox church in Merkinė. Converted into a museum.
Merkinė Location of Merkinė
Coordinates: 54°09′50″N 24°11′10″E / 54.16389, 24.18611
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Dzūkija
County	Alytus County
Municipality	Varėna district municipality
Eldership	Merkinė eldership
Capital of	Merkinė eldership
First mentioned	1359
Received city rights	1569
Population (2001)
- Total	1,434
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Bend of Neman River in Merkinė

Merkinė is a town in Dzūkija National Park in Lithuania, located at the confluence of the Merkys and Neman Rivers.

First mentioned in 1359, Merkinė is one of the oldest Lithuanian settlements. It received the Magdeburg rights in 1569. The town is the location of The Mount of Queen Bona, a mound which was the site of an ancient hill-fort overlooking the rivers. Situated on a historic Warsaw–Vilnius trail, the town was also the place where King of Polnd And Grand Duke of Lithuania Wladislaus IV of Poland died in 1648. The mass grave of Lithuanian Jews killed during under Nazi occupation is in the forest behind the town.

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