Uà ¾ventis (, Samogitian: Oà ¾vÃÂntis) is a city in the Kelmàdistrict municipality, Lithuania. It is located north-west of KelmÃÂ. River Venta flows through the city.
Uà ¾ventis is a place name derived from the river named Venta by adding the prefix " uà ¾- ", as the town is located upstream of Venta. In the interwar period of the 20th century, the form Uà ¾ventys was most commonly used. In other languages, the town is known by: , Uzhvent.
It was a tract seat in the Duchy of Samogitia within the PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth.
In 1923, 173 Jews lived in the village, comprising 22 percent of the total population. The Lithuanian white armband squad formed in Uà ¾ventis just after the German invasion, and they gathered Jewish residents of the village in the brewery in early July 1941. Jews were humiliated and forced to do various kinds of work for several weeks. At the end of July, the white armbanders dug a large pit in the à ½elviai forest. The next day, they rounded up the majority of the Jews from the ghetto (about 50-70 people), brought them to the execution place and shot them. Several groups of Jewish men who were fit to work were taken to à  iauliai and à ½agarÃÂ. About 20 Jews who were left in Uà ¾ventis were executed in the à ½elviai forest in December 1941.
Uà ¾ventis is well known for its church.