Linkmenys

Linkmenys
Village
The church
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 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)

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.

History

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 (Lithuanian: Žygimantas Augustas) 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.

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.

[1] About Linkmenys.

  1. ↑ "Pradžia". linkmenys.info. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
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