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Klaipėda (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 55 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.7167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 07 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on canal connecting Neman river & Courland lagoon with Baltic Sea; fortress constructed here in 13th cen., beside earlier settlement; destroyed in 1252 by Teutonic Knights, who built new fortress; was part of East Prussia until 1923. |
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| Klaipėda (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name established in 1923, when Lithuania received town from Prussia |
| Klaipeda (C,V)
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| Klaypeda (C,O)
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| Memel (C,O)
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| Memelburg (H,V)
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............ | name used by Teutonic Knights |
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Klaipėda (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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fortified in early 13th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| district capital (C) |
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| fishing community (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| shipbuilding center (C) |
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