Linkmenys
| Linkmenys | |
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| Village | |
The church
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 Linkmenys
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| Coordinates: 55°19′08″N 25°57′22″E / 55.31889°N 25.95611°ECoordinates: 55°19′08″N 25°57′22″E / 55.31889°N 25.95611°E | |
| Country |
 Lithuania
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| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Utena County |
| Municipality | Ignalina District Municipality |
| Eldership | Linkmenys eldership |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 134 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Linkmenys [ˈlʲɪnkmɛnʲiːs] 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.
In Hermann von Wartberge's Chronicon Livoniale it is referred to Linkmenys Castle, which probably standed 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 the Lithuanian school butted the Vytis as "foreign state sign" and that way expressing hostility to Lithuanians.
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. A memorial stone is erected at the site of the massacre.
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