What is "medininkai"

Medininkai is a village in Lithuania, located from Vilnius and from the Lithuanian– Belarusian border. According to the 2001 census, the village had 508 residents. Medininkai is the administrative center of an eldership. According to a 2010 eldership report, it had 1374 residents, of whom 92,3% were Polish, 3.2% Lithuanian, and 2.9% Russian.

The village is situated on the Medininkai Highland, near the highest points of Lithuania – the Juozapinė Hill and Aukštojas Hill. The village is famous for the ruins of the Medininkai Castle. On July 31 1991, Medininkai border post was attacked by the Soviet OMON forces. Seven Lithuanian customs officers were shot, while Tomas Šernas barely survived. The village was briefly featured in the 2007 movie, Hannibal Rising (film).

Medininkai can refer to several things in Lithuania:

1. Medininkai, a village in Lithuania
2. Medininkai Castle, a castle in the village
3. Medininkai Incident, when Soviet OMON killed seven and critically wounded one Lithuanian border guards
4. Medininkai Gate, an alternative name for Gate of Dawn in Vilnius
5. Medininkai Highland, a highland in southeastern Lithuania and Belarus
6. Medininkai glaciation, a glaciation in the Middle Pleistocene period
7. Medininkai Reserve, a reserve established in 1974 to protect arnica montana and other rare plants
8. Varniai, city in Lithuania, was previously referred to as Medininkai
9. Medininkai Land, a medieval administrative unit in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The capital was Varniai, then known as Medininkai
10. Battle of Medininkai, a battle in 1320 between the Teutonic Knights and Samogitians. Took place near Varniai