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  Values   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The biggest hydro-graphical value is Vistytis lake, located in the middle of the hilly surroundings next to the 400-year-old town of Vistytis which has preserved its original structure perfectly.
Biologically, the main value of Vistytis Regional Park are the mature broadleaf forests, especially the mixed stands of oak, horn beam and lime trees.
Vistytis town square and street network of the central part of town are urban monuments.
survigloters.supermedia.pl /Litwaparki/parkai/a_21_2.htm   (442 words)

  
 Lake Vistytis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It is named after the small Lithuanian town of (additional info and facts about Vištytis) Vištytis on its northern shore.
Lake Vistytis covers an area of 335 km² most of which is in Russia.
The frontier follows the waterline along the Lithuanian shore, so bathers on Lithuanian beaches actually enter Russian territorial waters.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lake_vistytis.htm   (95 words)

  
 Marijampole County
In the district of Vilkaviskis: the Vilkaviskis and Podvarkas recreation zones and the Vistytis recreation camps of Dobilelis and Pusele.
In Vilkaviskis district: Churches in Graziskiai and Vistytis (XIX century), Paezeriai estate palace (XVIII century), Piliakalniai Mound, the oak forest on the J. Basanavicius estate, and the Vistytis regional park with recreational centre.
In Marijampole district: Varnupiai Mound and stone, Padovinys Mound, the estate of Jurgis Matulaitis, archbishop, Memorial to the President K. Grinius, Antanavas Chapel, the estate of K. Boruta, the estate of the pilot A. Gustaitis, cemetery of the victims of fascism, Amalvas botanical and zoological reserve (1472 hectares), and Kazlu Ruda landscape reserve (857.1 hectares).
www.randburg.com /li/marijaco.html   (588 words)

  
 General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Vistytis regional park is located on the borders of Poland and Kaliningrad region, with the purpose of preserving natural, cultural, and recreational areas in south-western Lithuania.
The region’s plains are fertile, and the woodlands of this flat region, though not large, occupy more than half of the park.
The 400-year-old town of Vistytis has preserved its original structure perfectly and along Lake Vistytis there are campsites available.
survigloters.supermedia.pl /Litwaparki/parkai/a_21_1.htm   (123 words)

  
 ShtetLinks: Vishtinetz, A visit to Vistytis, 1994
ishtinetz (Spelled Vistytis in Lithuania today) has changed little in the years since Jacob Rubenstein's autobiography was written.
The only other road entering Vistytis is dirt and hard to travel due to ruts, dust and boulders.
I left with many feelings about Vistytis, but the strongest is that if this area was in America it would be a top resort.
www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org /vishtinetz/vistytis.html   (1845 words)

  
 V23-24
Functional zones and territorial arrangement of the Vistytis regional park as well as establishment aims and tasks are analysed in the article.
The Vistytis regional park was founded in 1992, for survival of Suvalkai mountain chain landscape, its ecosystem and cultural heritage.
In order to achieve optimal results in the Vistytis regional park, it is necessary to accomplish strategic targets and recomendations, conduct educational and cultural activities, popularize natural and cultural heritage and its protection, propagate park-related ideas among the population, take care of publishing material dealing with park issues.
www.waterland.lt /leidinys_en/volumes/t23-24_eng.htm   (7770 words)

  
 The Mark Golden Peter Yamaji Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The family is from Vistytis on the wester border of Lithuania and old East Prussia.
His father was Baron Stanislovas (who had 5 brothers) he married Ona - last name unknown, She was an only child and inherted 78 heters of land, an sizable amount of land in those days.
The name of the estate where my grandfather was born is Vistytis Ezeroas or little chickley named after the lake which the properity was near.
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 LITTLE LITHUANIA
Vistytis is located in the southwestern part of Lithuania near the meeting point of the Polish and Prussian fronts.
During the Russian rule of Lithuania, Vistytis was called Suvalku (or Suvalkai).
Today, however, it has been reverted backed to the name of Vistytis.
www.network54.com /Forum/5317/message/987214731/Vistytis   (62 words)

  
 Vistytis
This does not mean that all Vistytis citizens can visit these two families.
To visit their parents they need to go through the border post in Kybartai, 24 km north of Vistytis, to wait in the lines often lasting for five to six hours to be let in to Russia, and then go some 38 km on Russian roads to get practically back to Lithuania.
This approximately border is drawn in to the enlarged 1:130 000 map which already has got drawn on it the Vistytis borderlines of the future.
geosite.jankrogh.com /borders/vistytis.htm   (618 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Protected Areas (1996)
valley and Lake Vistytis, situated on the border with Lithuania.
On the Lithuanian side, this area would encompass Vistytis Regional Park, which is situated east of Lake Vistytis near the border with Poland and Kaliningrad District.
In turn, Suwalski Landscape Park and Vistytis Regional Park in Lithuania are areas of particularly valuable landscape with post-glacial landforms.
www.nap.edu /books/0309055768/html/200.html   (756 words)

  
 F&P RFE/RL Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Algirdas Brazauskas has stressed he is seeking to have Lake Vistytis divided equally between Lithuania and Russia, BNS reported.
The president was speaking to local inhabitants during a visit yesterday to the Vistytis border crossing.
The border through Lake Vistytis is the only stumbling block to the signing of a border treaty between Lithuania and Russia.
www.friends-partners.org /friends/news/omri/1997/05/970521II.html(opt,mozilla,pc,english,,new)   (2537 words)

  
 www.Lietuva.lt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The nearby built motorway Via Baltica will enable the region to more cooperate with foreign partners.
The northern part of the Vilkaviskis Region is in the Lowland of the Sesupe River (the lowest point is 24 m), while the southern part is in the Highland of the Suduva (the highest peak is 282 m near Pavistytis village), where Vistytis Regional Park is set up.
There is a beautiful view of Lake Vistytis in the park.
www.lietuva.lt /?Lang=5&ItemId=35255   (417 words)

  
 Vištytis | Background to the Journey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I had read other travellers' accounts of trips to the village, most notably Bert Oppenheim's 1995 journey.
Spurred by these examples, and by curiosity, my wife and I decided to travel to Vistytis in June of 2005.
Ruta agreed to arrange and accompany us on our visit to Vistytis.
howard.sandys.ca /01.html   (149 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - What's New on Cyndi's List? - July 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A group for collecting and sharing information concerning Vistytis, Lithuania and all those individuals and families who have their origins there or for those who have an interest in the town.
Before WWI Vistytis was in the powiat (district) of Wolkowyszk in the gubernia (province) of Suwalk in the Russian Empire.
Any discussion about Vistytis is welcome, about visiting or living there, its history or the genealogy of those who were born or lived there.
www.cyndis-list.com /new0703.htm   (4639 words)

  
 SGGEE Discussion Board
Is anyone doing research in the town of Vistytis?
If so, would like to compare research methodologies and surnames.
If you do not have an account, enter your full name into the "Username" box and leave the "Password" box empty.
www.sggee.org /discus/messages/3/192.html   (40 words)

  
 Straight.com Vancouver | Travel | "Borderfreaks" Boldly Cross Baltic Frontiers
This was a strip of barbed wire and no man's land that surrounded the USSR.
Campings Viktorija is a holiday spot near the Lithuanian town of Vistytis.
The next day, we visit the town of Vistytis.
www.straight.com /content.cfm?id=1917   (2015 words)

  
 Protected Landscape Areas In Lithuania
Vistycio regional park [ « Regional parks ]
The Vistytis Regional Park is in the south western part of Lithuania.
The Park covers the area of 10,1 thousan hectares.
www.jzum.lt /vistycio_regional_park.php   (91 words)

  
 Aug. 1-16, 1996, Vol. 2, No. 15   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bilateral talks have been interrupted by a long three-month break.
Disagreement remains largely over the issue of border demarcation along Lake Vistytis.
Lithuania is unwilling to accept a 39-hectare area and be deprived of Vistytis waters, whereas Russia does not want to divide Lake Vistytis area into equal parts.
www.teia.org /english/ten21en.html   (2457 words)

  
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Nathan also had a brother Marks (or Max) and may have present day Abrahams descendants in Manchester.
Jill is also seeking information on the Browns from Edinburgh (orignally Brin from Vishtinetz in Poland, now Vistytis in Lithuania) who came to Manchester in two waves.
She wants to find any brothers of either Arthur Brown or his cousins Benjamin, Lewis and Philip Brown.
www.jewishtelegraph.co.uk /roots_69.html   (1247 words)

  
 The Skaists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As I corresponded with other Skaists around the world, I received tantalizing clues which only spawned more questions.
There seem to be only two Skaist families in the world: ours, and one other from Pandelys and Vistytis.
The elders of that family say their original family name, many generations ago, was BRIN!
www.zm.org /briss/skaists.shtml   (645 words)

  
 The Baltic Times- NEWS FROM ESTONIA,LATVIA AND LITHUANIA
Officials noticed two suspicious people dressed in civilian clothes in the town of Vistytis, near the Kaliningrad border, around 1 a.m.
The distance from the town of Vistytis to the Lithuanian-Russian state border is only 100 meters.
The border guards managed to apprehend one person, while the other escaped to Russia.
www.baltictimes.com /hot1.php?art_id=12891   (18058 words)

  
 Community "Atgaja"
The official opening of the international bike tour with participation of representatives of Marijampole municipality, media.
Meeting with representatives of manegement of Vistytis Regional Park.
Meeting wtih Pajevonys local ethnographer, fire, staying overnight.
www.atgaja.lt /index.php?id=1-44-0&block=55-1   (1016 words)

  
 Belarus, Lithuania and Russia complete transfrontier wetland project
It would enable the establishment of an extremely important Ramsar site with a total area of about 50,000 ha.
Some other potential Ramsar sites have been identified such as Lake Vistytis (Regional Park in Lithuania, Nature Reserve in Russia) and areas located between the Sesupe and Nemunas Rivers in the Kaliningrad Region which border upon the Viesvile Strict Nature Reserve and Ramsar site in Lithuania.
Lakes of the Vishtynetskoe group and adjacent wet forest
www.ramsar.org /sgf/sgf_rpts_belarus1.htm   (683 words)

  
 Travel Journals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Popular with Lithuanias, undiscovered by the rest of the world.
On the shores of Pristine Lake Vistytis, surrounded by pine forests.
Great for fishing, walking, breathing pure air, eating organic foods.
independenttraveler.igougo.com /planning/journal.asp?JournalID=10985   (76 words)

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