Linkmenys
Village in Aukštaitija, Lithuania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linkmenys is a village located in Ignalina District Municipality in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 134 inhabitants.
Linkmenys | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 The church | |
  Linkmenys Location of Linkmenys | |
| Coordinates: 55°19′08″N 25°57′22″E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Utena County |
| Municipality | Ignalina District Municipality |
| Eldership | Linkmenys eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 134 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
In Hermann von Wartberge's Chronicon Livoniale it is referred to as Linkmenys Castle, which probably stood on Ginučiai Hillfort. Around 1500, the local church has been erected. Sigismund Augustus had a manor and a town which belonged to the manor in Linkmenys.
20th century
Interwar
In 1922, 2 years after Polish–Lithuanian War, the Polish soldiers in Lithuanian school of Linkmenys butted the Vytis as "foreign state sign".[1]
During the interwar period, the village was split by the Polish-Lithuanian demarcation line, however the bigger part of the village was annexed by Poland.
World War II
During World War II, in mid-July 1941, 70 Jewish men, women and children were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen and Lithuanian collaborators.[2] A memorial stone is erected at the site of the massacre.
- Ignacy Oziewicz, Polish military officer
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