Memelland

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disputed territory historical region

Memelland was a historically contested region around the city of Memel (now Klaipėda, Lithuania), notable for its shifting control between Germany and Lithuania in the 20th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Memel Territory 2
Memelland canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administeredBy French military administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
League of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity Klaipėda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memel NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germans ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Lithuanians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussian Lithuanians NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Klaipėda Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memel Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memelgebiet NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital Klaipėda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memel NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent Annexation by Lithuania in 1923 ⓘ
Annexation by Nazi Germany in 1939 NERFINISHED ⓘ
German ultimatum to Lithuania of March 1939 ⓘ
Incorporation into Lithuanian SSR after World War II ⓘ
Klaipėda Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ
League of Nations administration of Memel Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet occupation in 1944 ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ
Memellandish Low German ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion East Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Baltic Sea ⓘ
nowPartOf Klaipėda County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuanian SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
statusAfterWorldWarI separated from Germany under Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
transferredTo Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Memel → locatedInRegion → Memelland ⓘ
Conference of Ambassadors → appliesToJurisdiction → Memelland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memel Territory
Altreich and annexed territories → hasPart → Memelland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memel Territory
Lithuania Minor → hasPart → Memelland ⓘ