Linkmenys
Village in Aukštaitija, Lithuania
Linkmenys (Polish: Łyngmiany) is a village located in Ignalina District Municipality in Utena County, in eastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 134 inhabitants.
01History
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 II 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".
During the interwar period, the village was split by the Polish-Lithuanian demarcation line, however the bigger part of the village was part of Poland. Administratively, it was located in Święciany County in Wilno Voivodeship.
World War II
During World War II, it was first invaded and occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, and then by Nazi Germany until 1944. In mid-July 1941, 70 Jewish men, women and children were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen and Lithuanian collaborators. A memorial stone is erected at the site of the massacre.
02Notable people
- Ignacy Oziewicz (1887-1966), Polish military officer
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Linkmenys, Lithuania - panoramio (14).jpg by VietovesLt, CC BY 3.0
- 1501. Roman Catholic churches within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where the priests must know the Lithuanian language.svg by Cukrakalnis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Linkmenys 1935.jpg by AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain
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