Memel Totally Explained

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Memel is a name, mainly used by Germans, and both for towns and rivers. It supposedly was derived from Old Prussian language, meaning "surrounded by water". It may refer to:

Memel -> Klaipėda city, formerly part of East Prussia and Germany, now as Klaipėda part of Lithuania
- Memelburg, the Ordensburg castle built in 1252 by Teutonic Knights which was the nucleus for the city
- Memel Territory (Memelland), the area separated from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, later called Klaipėda Region
- Battle of Memel, a siege of the city, from late 1944 to early 1945.

Neman River, known in German as (die) Memel, mentioned in Das Lied der Deutschen as eastern border of Germany

Nemunėlis River, known in German as Memele, and in Latvian as Mēmele

Memel, Free State, a village in the Free State Province of South Africa, named after Memel (Klaipeda)

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