Ginučiai is a village on the shore of the
Lake Linkmenas
Lake Linkmenas is a lake in Aukštaitija National Park, Ignalina district municipality, Ignalina District, Lithuania. It is 2,300 metres long and 600 metres wide. Linkmenas is part of a chain of seven interconnected lakes. The only major settlemen ...
in the
Aukštaitija National Park
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Aukštaitija National Park is a national park in north-eastern Lithuania, about 100 km north of Vilnius. Established in 1974, it is the oldest of the five national parks in Lithuania. At first it was named Lithuanian SSR National ...
,
Ignalina district of
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
. According to the 2011 census, its population was 44.
It is best known for its 19th-century
watermill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of ...
. It is one of the few mills in Lithuania that survive with the original mechanism. Ginučiai watermill is declared a monument of engineering.
Ginučiai village is quite popular touring place in the Eastern Lithuania.
References
External links
Photo essays from the village
Villages in Utena County
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