Rambynas Hill is an old Baltic shrine that existed until 1811, before the destruction of the stone offerings. It is believed that the ancient Lithuanians worshipped the gods here. Even after the introduction of Christianity, people did not abandon their customs for a long time. The first inhabitants began to come during the ice age. At the confluence of the Šešupė and Jūra with the Neman river, the Baltic tribes - Scalovians - lived already in the 1st-6th centuries AD. Rambynas is believed to have been the spiritual center, a sanctuary of the Scalovians. Balts were associated with a common religion, language, customs, but the Scalovian tribe differed markedly in their culture. This was due to life near the Nemen - the main trade route. For about 500 years, the Rambynas area belonged to Prussia. Since 1884, almost every year, St. John's Day was organized on Rambynas Hill, the main organizer and patron of which was Marynas Jankus. During the First World War, the tradition of St. John's Day ceased, but when Klaipėda region was annexed to the Republic of Lithuania, it was revived. From the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, Tilžė (since 1946 Sovetsk) - a city visible on the other side of the Neman from Rambynas Hill - was one of the most famous centers of political, social and cultural life in Lithuania Minor - the capital of Lithuania Minor (Prussia). Many cultural societies of Lithuania Minor were concentrated here, most of the press companies operated. Tilžė printing houses published the largest number of Lithuanian books in Lithuania Minor, which were carried to Greater Lithuania by booksellers on the routes of the Rambynas area during the press ban. Imagine what Rambynas looked like 13-14 thousand years ago. The glacier slid from the west, covering the ground with thick layers of ice, stopped at the entrances to the Karšuva lowlands. You would appear tiny as an ant compared to it, and if you saw it moving, you would run as fast as you can. The hand of the glacier slid, pushing huge layers of earth, scraped through the areas through which it traveled. Tired, having no more strength to travel, it stopped at the edge, leaving what it was dragging away, creating the Vilkyškiai ridge. Rambynas Hill is only a small part of this ridge, which rests on the Neman. Near Rambynas you can see especially rare plants - Hedge Hyssop (Gratiola officinalis, Fen violet, Wild garlic, and Water germander (Teucrium scordium) grow in the meadows near the Neman. Bats live in the forests of the Rambynas area, in the woods of the parks and in the old buildings, as many as 5 species are listed in the Lithuanian Red Data Book. They don't avoid people. They also live in the homestead of the former Gustav Volberg restaurant, which now houses the Rambynas Regional Park Visitor Center. The real decoration of the Rambynas area is the edible dormouse, it is one of the 10 places in Lithuania where this beautiful and timid beast live. It is called a dormouse because it spends most of its life sleeping. In mid-September, it falls asleep in hibernation, and wakes up after the spring has started - around mid-May.

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