Memel

E117663

exonym former German place name historical city name

Memel is the former German name for the Baltic port city now known as Klaipėda in Lithuania.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exonym ⓘ former German place name ⓘ historical city name ⓘ
appliesTo	Klaipėda ⓘ
associatedWithCountryHistorically	German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Memel Territory dispute ⓘ interwar period territorial changes ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
currentOfficialName	Klaipėda ⓘ
formerNameOf	Klaipėda ⓘ
GermanNameOf	Klaipėda ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUse	19th century ⓘ Early modern period ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf	Neman River ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Prussia ⓘ
locatedInRegion	East Prussia ⓘ Memelland ⓘ
locatedInThePresentDay	Lithuania ⓘ
locatedOn	Baltic Sea ⓘ
partOf	Baltic ports ⓘ
presentDayCityCountry	Lithuania ⓘ
presentDayCityFunction	major Lithuanian seaport ⓘ
presentDayCityLocatedAtMouthOf	Neman River ⓘ
presentDayCityLocatedOn	Baltic Sea coast ⓘ
presentDayCityNameScript	Latin alphabet ⓘ
presentDayCityPopulationApprox	over 100000 ⓘ
presentDayCityRegion	Klaipėda County ⓘ
statusChange	name replaced by Klaipėda in official use ⓘ
strategicFunction	seaport ⓘ trading port ⓘ
usedByLanguage	German ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Klaipėda → formerName → Memel ⓘ

Neman River → alsoKnownAs → Memel ⓘ

Neman River → languageVariantName → Memel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memel (German)

Memel offensive → location → Memel ⓘ

Memel offensive → historicalRegion → Memel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memel Territory

Ännchen von Tharau monument → locatedInFormerly → Memel ⓘ

Niemen (Polish) → historicallyKnownAs → Memel ⓘ

subject surface form: Niemen

Battle of Memel → location → Memel ⓘ

Friedrich Argelander → placeOfBirth → Memel ⓘ

Nemunas River → alternativeName → Memel ⓘ