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The Memel Territory, together with other areas severed from Germany (the Saar and Danzig), was to remain under the control of the League of Nations until a future date, when the people of these regions would be allowed to vote on whether the land would return to Germany or not. [1] Today, the former Memel Territory is controlled by Lithuania as ...
Memel, a name derived from the Couronian-Latvian memelis, mimelis, mēms for "mute, silent", may refer to: Memel, East Prussia, Germany, now Klaipėda , Lithuania Memelburg, ( Klaipėda Castle ), the Ordensburg in Memel, a castle built in 1252 by Teutonic Knights which was the nucleus for the city
Germany and the Soviet Union concluded the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939, dividing Eastern Europe into their respective spheres of influence. Lithuania was, at first, assigned to Germany. [ 9 ] The Nazis went so far as to suggest a German–Lithuanian military alliance against Poland and promised to return the Vilnius Region , but Lithuania ...
In 1913, Karkeln and surrounding inland towns (those south of the yellow line in the map) were administratively transferred to Kreis Niederung. [ 1 ] [ additional citation(s) needed ] After World War I , Landkreis Heydekrug and other areas north of the yellow line became part of Memel Territory administered by Lithuania .
Historical map of Klaipėda Region (Memelland) and the northern part of East Prussia. The Klaipėda Convention (or Convention concerning the Territory of Memel) was an international agreement between Lithuania and the countries of the Conference of Ambassadors (United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Japan) signed in Paris on May 8, 1924.
This maps outlines them, and the border of the German Confederation of the time. Deutsch: "Von der Maas bis an die Memel, von der Etsch bis an den Belt", die 4 "Grenzen" aus dem Deutschlandlied im geographisch-historischen Kontext von 1841:
In the Memel region as a whole, the Germans constituted 50.7% (71,191), the Lithuanians 47.9% (67,345), and the bilingual population (composed mostly of Lithuanians) – 1.4% (1,970). [3] According to contemporary statistics by Fred Hermann Deu, 71,156 Germans and 67,259 Prussian Lithuanians lived in the region. [ 4 ]
Memel city seal, 1446 (diameter 200 mm (7.9 in)). From the Archive of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin. The Teutonic Knights built a castle in the *Pilsāts Land of the Curonians and named it Memelburg, which would later be shortened to Memel. From 1252 to 1923 and from 1939 to 1945, the town and city were officially named Memel.