Linkmenys | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 55°19′08″N25°57′22″E / 55.31889°N 25.95611°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | Utena County |
Municipality | Ignalina District Municipality |
Eldership | Linkmenys eldership |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 134 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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.
In Hermann von Wartberge's Chronicon Livoniale it is referred to as Linkmenys Castle, which probably stood on Ginučiai Hillfort . 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". [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.
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