Vilkaviškis

Vilkaviškis lies where the Vilkauja joins the Šeimena in southwestern Lithuania. John II Casimir granted it town rights in 1660, and Augustus II granted a coat of arms in 1697, probably drawn from that of the Pac family who held the estate. The town passed to Prussia in the Third Partition of the Commonwealth in 1795 and later became part of the Duchy of Warsaw. Napoleon stayed here in June 1812 as his army prepared to invade Russia. In 1815 Vilkaviškis entered Congress Poland.