Memelland

area of East Prussia

Details

Instance of: region, former administrative territorial entity
Inception: February 1920
Located in: Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Nazi Germany, Lithuania, Free State of Prussia
Country: Lithuania, Nazi Germany, Weimar Republic, Soviet Union
Capital: Klaipėda
Area: 2800
described by source: Nordisk familjebok
different from: Klaipėda County
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1939, 19 January 1923
facet of: Republic of Lithuania
language used: German, Lithuanian
native label: Klaipėdos kraštas, Memelland
official name: Клайпедский край, Мемельский край
shares border with: Nazi Germany
significant event: Klaipėda Revolt

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