Linkmenys

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Linkmenys
Village
The church
The church
Linkmenys is located in Lithuania
Linkmenys
Linkmenys
Location of Linkmenys
Coordinates: 55°19′08″N 25°57′22″E / 55.31889°N 25.95611°E / 55.31889; 25.95611Coordinates: 55°19′08″N 25°57′22″E / 55.31889°N 25.95611°E / 55.31889; 25.95611
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
CountyUtena County
MunicipalityIgnalina District Municipality
EldershipLinkmenys eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total134
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Linkmenys (Polish: Łyngmiany) 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.

History[]

In Hermann von Wartberge's Chronicon Livoniale it is referred to as , which probably stood on  [lt]. Around 1500, the local church has been erected. Sigismund Augustus had a manor and a town which belonged to the manor in Linkmenys. 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 with Polish-Lithuanian demarcation line, however the bigger part of the village was annexed by Poland.

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.

Notable people[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Occupation of Vilnius Region: Violence, Right and Propaganda". veidas.lt. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  2. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
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