Linkmenys ( pl, Łyngmiany) is a village located in

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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 134 inhabitants.

History

Hermann von Wartberge Hermann von Wartberge (died ca. 1380) was a chronicler of the Livonian Order. Born in Westphalia, Wartberge was a Catholic priest and author of the valuable Latin chronicle ''Chronicon Livoniale'' covering the history of the Livonian Crusade from ...

's ''Chronicon Livoniale'' it is referred to as Linkmenys Castle, which probably stood on . Around 1500, the local church has been erected.

Sigismund Augustus Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler ...

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

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as "foreign state sign". During the interwar period, the village was split with Polish-Lithuanian demarcation line, however the bigger part of the village was annexed by

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. During World War II, in mid-July 1941, 70 Jewish men, women and children were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an

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and Lithuanian collaborators. A memorial stone is erected at the site of the massacre.

Notable people

Ignacy Oziewicz Ignacy Oziewicz, pseudonyms: "Czesław", "Czesławski", "Netta", "Jenczewski" (7 May 1887 – 10 January 1966) was a colonel of the Polish Army and a commandant of the National Armed Forces from 1942 to 1943. Biography Early life and mil ...

, Polish military officer

References

{{Utena County Villages in Utena County Sventsyansky Uyezd Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) Holocaust locations in Lithuania Ignalina District Municipality