Memel, a name derived from the Couronian-Latvian ''memelis, mimelis, mēms'' for "mute, silent", may refer to:
*Memel, East Prussia, Germany, now
Klaipėda
Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuan ...
, Lithuania
**Memelburg, (
Klaipėda Castle
Klaipėda Castle, also known as Memelburg or Memel Castle, is an archeological site and museum housed in a castle built by the Teutonic Knights in Klaipėda, Lithuania, near the Baltic Sea. The Teutons called the castle ''Memelburg'' or ''Memel'',< ...
), the ''Ordensburg'' in Memel, a castle built in 1252 by Teutonic Knights which was the nucleus for the city
**Memel Territory (
Klaipėda Region
The Klaipėda Region ( lt, Klaipėdos kraštas) or Memel Territory (german: Memelland or ''Memelgebiet'') was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part of the German province of East Prussia, when as ...
), (''Memelland''), the area separated from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, later called Klaipėda Region
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Battle of Memel (disambiguation) The Battle of Memel or Battle of Klaipėda might refer to:
* Battle of Memel (1257) between the Samogitians and the Livonian Order
* Battle of Memel (1323) between the Samogitians and the Livonian Order
*Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf (1757), between ...
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Neman
The Neman, Nioman, Nemunas or MemelTo bankside nations of the present: Lithuanian: be, Нёман, , ; russian: Неман, ''Neman''; past: ger, Memel (where touching Prussia only, otherwise Nieman); lv, Nemuna; et, Neemen; pl, Niemen; ...
(German ''Memel''), part of a river in East Prussia, Germany, mentioned in the ''Deutschlandlied'' (1841) as the eastern border of Germany
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Nemunėlis
Nemunėlis () is a river in northern Lithuania and southern Latvia. It originates 6 km south of Rokiškis. It is 191 kilometres long (75 km in Lithuania, 76 km on the Latvia–Lithuania border and 40 km in Latvia) before i ...
River (German ''Memele'', Latvian ''Mēmele'') in northern Lithuania and southern Latvia
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Memel, Free State
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 some 1,730 metres above sea level.
Etymology
The town is perhaps named after the port ci ...
, a village in the Free State Province of South Africa
*, a German cargo ship in service 1934–1945
*The indigenous name of
Goat Island, New South Wales, Australia
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