East Prussia – “Ostpreussen” or “Ostpreußen”
Work in progress – to display the changes in that area of nationalities and borders. We are talking always about border areas: Germany, Russia, Lithuania, West Prussia, Danziger Freistaat (Free state of Gdansk), Poland, Memelland, Klaipeda Region.Before 1914, Jewish communities,

Border Lithuania – EastPrussia (before 1923)

Memelland (Memel Territory) today Klaipėda Region
Memel is the German word for the Neman River (Lithuanian Nemunas). Memel is also the German name for the city, that is called in Lithuanian Klaipeda. The Memelland or Klaipeda Region includes also the northern Part of the Curanian Spit, that divides the Baltic Sea and the Curanian Lagoon.
Lithuania: Heritage Department, Real Heritage Search
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