• Look up Memel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Memel, a name derived from the Couronian-Latvian memelis, mimelis, mēms for "mute, silent", may refer...
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    The Klaipėda Region (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos kraštas) or Memel Territory (German: Memelland or Memelgebiet) was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles...
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    Klaipėda (redirect from Memel town)
    (/ˈkleɪpɛdə/ CLAY-ped-ə; Lithuanian: [ˈklˠɐɪ̯ˑpʲeːdˠɐ] ), historically also Memel, is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the third largest...
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  • The Battle of Memel or the siege of Memel (German: Erste Kurlandschlacht) was a battle which took place on the Eastern Front during World War II. The...
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  • of Memel was a 1944 battle between Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The Battle of Memel or Battle of Klaipėda might also refer to: Battle of Memel (1257)...
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    Neman (redirect from Memel river)
    indigenous name of the river, Memel. The city of Memel, now in Lithuania, is known today as Klaipėda (confusingly, another city of Memel was on the Dange River...
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    The Return of Memel Commemorative Medal (Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes; 22. März 1939) was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded...
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  • Memel is a town in the Free State province of South Africa, located close to the provincial boundaries of both kwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, and is situated...
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    demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory) which had been detached from Germany after World War I, or the...
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    rivers and one strait – the Meuse (Maas in German), Adige (Etsch) and Neman (Memel) Rivers and the Little Belt strait. The song was written before German unification...
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  • The Battle of Memel was fought between the Samogitians and the Livonian Order in 1257 near Memel (now Klaipėda in Lithuania). When Mindaugas, King of Lithuania...
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    Lietuvininkai (Lithuanian: Lietuvininkų bažnyčia; German: Litauische Kirche Memel) was a Lutheran church in Klaipėda, Lithuania which was originally completed...
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    Chellsie Marie Memmel (born June 23, 1988) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2005 world all-around champion (the third American woman, after...
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    Klaipėda Castle (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos pilis), also known as Memelburg or Memel Castle, is an archeological site and museum housed in a castle built by...
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  • Romania. The corps was transferred to East Prussia and withdrew toward Memel and ended the war in central Silesia. 15.02.1940 - 14.01.1942 : Georg Stumme...
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  • Jana Sue Memel (born 7 March 1955, Los Angeles) is an American Academy Award-winning film producer, film director and writer, best known for her films...
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    the main governing institution (executive branch) in the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) from February 1920 to March 1939. It was established by local...
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    never discovered. Italian forces then withdrew from Corfu. The port city of Memel (now Klaipėda) and the surrounding area, with a predominantly German population...
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  • The Battle of Memel was fought between the Samogitians and the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights in 1323. According to the chronicle of Peter of...
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    Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer best known for supplying the German Luftstreitkräfte during World War I. The company was...
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    Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory or Memelland). The region, located north of the Neman River, was...
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    Union Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party Memel Agricultural Party Memel People's Party Memel Workers' Party Peasant Union Polish Socialist Party...
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  • German politician from the Memel Territory. He was born in 1894. He was one of the two co-chairmen of the pro-communist Memel Workers Party. He was elected...
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    (in German). 15 October 2024. Die nach dem litauischen Namen des Flusses Memel benannte Gruppierung, deren Chef Remigijus Žemaitaitis mehrfach durch revisionistische...
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    Treaty of Versailles, Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine, Northern Schleswig, and Memel. The Saarland became a protectorate of France under the condition that its...
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    or Memel Territory was defined by the Treaty of Versailles in 1920 when it was put under the administration of the Council of Ambassadors. The Memel Territory...
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  • Memel Workers Party (German: Memelländische Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated MAP; Lithuanian: Klaipėdos krašto darbininkų partija) was a communist organisation...
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  • Memel was a 1,102 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1925 as Reval by Schiffs-und Dockbauwerft Flender AG, Lübeck, Germany for German owners. A sale in...
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    the western Baltic Curonians, and erected Memel Castle, which developed into the major port city of Memel. The Treaty of Melno defined the final border...
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    Weimar Republic Memel Territory Territory of the Saar Basin Danzig Second Polish Republic...
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