Klaipėda

Country

Lithuania

Coordinates

55.7125, 21.1350

History

• Memel (1252–1525)
• Memel (1525–1657), Kingdom of Poland
• Memel (1657–1701), Brandenburg-Prussia
• Memel (1701–1757), Kingdom of Prussia
• Memel (1757–1762), Russian Empire
• Memel (1762–1871), Kingdom of Prussia
• Memel (1871–1918), German Empire
• Memel (1918–1920), Weimar Republic
• Memel (1920–1923), Memelland
• Klaipėda (1923–1939), Lithuania
• Memel (1939–1944), Nazi Germany
• Memel (1944–1945), Soviet Union
• Klaipėda (1945–1990), Soviet Union
• Klaipėda (1990–), Lithuania

Composers

• Johan Daniel Berlin (1714–1787), was born in Memel
• Paul Scheinpflug (1875–1937), died in Klaipėda