Wacław Michniewicz

Wacław Michniewicz (; 15 October 1866 – 14 January 1947) was a Polish-Lithuanian architect active in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Early life and education Wacław Michniewicz was born on 15 October 1866 in the village of (Pabaiskas parish), around south of Ukmergė. At that time, Lithuania part of the Russian Empire.

He graduated from the Russian Real School in Vilnius in 1888, then studied at the in St. Petersburg. He graduated in 1893 and returned to Vilnius. The theatre is now called the Old Theatre, situated in Vilnius Old Town, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. It has had various names since inception:

In Kaunas, his best-known project is the Tatar mosque.

Later life and death Michniewicz retired in 1936. He escaped occupation to Soviet Russia during World War II, but after the war his daughter Irena with her family and his wife Karolina were deported to Krasnoyarsk. His son emigrated to Poland.

He died on 14 January 1947 in Žeimiai, Lithuania, and was buried in the churchyard of a church he himself had designed there.

Personal life He married Karolina Feige, a German teacher from Bavaria, and they had two children, Kazimierz and Irena.