Linkmenys Explained

Linkmenys
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Linkmenys
Coordinates:55.3189°N 25.9561°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Aukštaitija
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Utena County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ignalina District Municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Linkmenys eldership
Established Title:First mentioned
Population Total:134
Population As Of:2011
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

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 . 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

Notes and References

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