Linkmenys
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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
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In Hermann von Wartberge's Chronicon Livoniale it is referred to as Linkmenys Castle, which probably stood on Ginučiai Hillfort [lt]. 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.
Notable people
- Ignacy Oziewicz, Polish military officer
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