Unterhalb einer Ritterburg gründen deutsche Siedler die Stadt Memel. Sie erhält Lübecker Stadtrecht und sollte ursprünglich Neu-Dortmund heißen, weil viele ihrer Gründerfamilien aus dieser Gegend ...
The Klaipėda Region (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos kraštas) or Memel Territory (German: Memelland or Memelgebiet) was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part of the German province of East Prussia, when, as Memelland, it was put under the administration of the Entente 's Council of Ambassadors. The Memel Territory, together with other areas severed from ...
The original Scalovian and Curonian territory was conquered the German Order of Teutonic Knights who built the Memel Castle (Memelburg) in 1252. Its main purpose was to strengthen their own control…
History of Klaipėda (Memel) The city ruled by German states (1250-1918) Klaipėda was established on an empty shore by the Teutonic Knights in the 1250s. Invited by the Duke of Masovia to convert or destroy pagan Baltic tribes the Order chose this place for its castle. They called it Memelburg. Memel is the German name for Nemunas river and the early settlers mistakenly believed that the ...
Klaipeda (Memel) Written by Joseph Rosin English edited by Sarah and Mordechai Kopfstein Memel is situated on the site where the Kurish Bay (Kursiu marios-in Lithuanian) meets the Baltic Sea and the river River flows into the bay. In olden times this site was a port and a civilian settlement, it being here that in 1252 the Livonian Order erected a fortress which secured the strategic axis Riga ...
Memel Memel locates in Northern Europe, bordering on the Baltic Sea. The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the Port of Klaipėda, a usually ice-free port on the Baltic Sea, and the Akmena - Danė River. It has been controlled by the Teutonic Knights, the Duchy of Prussia, the Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire, the Entente States ...