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Linkmenys ( pl, Łyngmiany) is a village located in Ignalina District Municipality in Utena County,
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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 134 inhabitants.


History

In
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's ''Chronicon Livoniale'' it is referred to as
Linkmenys Castle Linkmenys ( pl, Łyngmiany) 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 Livonia ...
, 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. 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 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
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and Lithuanian collaborators. A memorial stone is erected at the site of the massacre.


Notable people

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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 mi ...
, Polish military officer


References

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