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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 104 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MEMEL , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

Prussia, the most northerly town of the See also:

German See also:

EMPIRE

empire, 91 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.E. of See also:

KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg, at the mouth of the Dange, and on the See also:

BANK

bank of a See also:

sound, called the Memeler Tief, which connects the Kurische Haff with the Baltic. Pop. (1905), 20,687. On the See also:

side next the See also:

sea the town is defended by a citadel and other fortifications, and the entrance to the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is protected by a lighthouse. Memel has been largely rebuilt since a destructive See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1854. It possesses See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-foundries, See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding yards, breweries, distilleries, and manufactories of chemicals, See also:

SOAP

soap and See also:

AMBER

amber wares. By far the most important See also:

INTEREST

interest of the town, however, is its transit See also:

trade in See also:

TIMBER

timber and the See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and other agricultural products of Lithuania, and also See also:

HERRINGS, BATTLE OF THE

herrings and other kinds of See also:

fish. The timber is brought by See also:

RIVER

river from the forests of See also:

Russia, and is prepared for export in numerous saw-See also:

mills. The See also:

ANNUAL

annual value of timber exported is above £1,000,000. A Prussian See also:

NATIONAL

national memorial was unveiled here in the presence of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

William II. in See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1907. Memel was founded in 1252 by See also:

POPPO, ERNST FRIEDRICH (1794—1866)

Poppo von Osterna, See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

Teutonic See also:

order, and was at first called New See also:

DORTMUND

Dortmund and afterwards Memelburg. It soon acquired a considerable trade, and joined the Hanseatic See also:

LEAGUE

During the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries it was repeatedly burned by its hostile neighbours, the See also:

LITHUANIANS

Lithuanians and Poles, and in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it remained for some See also:

time in the See also:

possession of See also:

Sweden. In 1757, and again in 1813, it was occupied by See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian troops. After the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

JENA

Jena, See also:

King See also:

Frederick William III. retired to Memel; and here, in 1.807, a treaty was concluded between See also:

England and Prussia. The poet See also:

Simon See also:

DACH, SIMON (1605-1659)

Dach was a native of Memel. See J. Sembritzki, Geschichte der koniglich preussischen See- and Handelsstadt Memel (Memel, 1900) ; and Memel in I9 Jahrhundert (Memel, 1902).

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