PriekulÄ—, Lithuania

Priekulė (German Prökuls; Curonian Prekule ) is a small town and the center of the eponymous country Rajongemeinde Office of Klaipeda in the Lithuanian region Lithuania Minor, the former Memel land. The village is located about 20 km south of Klaipeda ( Memel ) on the banks of the Minge.

Name

The name is derived from Prökuls Curonian - Latvian " preks ": price; " Prece ": goods ( to the Prussian- Lithuanian " prekius " see: offer, haggle ). The Curonian ending- ul is a diminutive, indicating that it is a rather insignificant trading center.

History

The place was originally called Paminia (at the Minia / Minge ). 1511 is a pitcher certified " to Minnige ". Jars were built at traffic junctions and were essentially trading places. 1540 was a Luke Preckol operator of the pitcher. 1587 a church was built, the first known pastor Caspar Radunius was. Since 1628 Prökuls is a parish, but had to cede individual localities to other parishes. The population was Lutheran, Catholics belonged to the parish of Memel. Already in 1594 a teacher was adjusted. 1905, the village had about 500 inhabitants, of whom very few ethnically German, 1925, were about 1100 inhabitants.

Personalities

  • Immanuel Kant's paternal ancestors came from Kant wines / parish Prökuls
  • The SS and Police Leader Herbert Böttcher was born 1907 in Prökuls
  • Eva Simoneit, Prussian- Lithuanian writer had in Prökuls a summer house
  • Friedrich Boerschmann ( born June 9, 1870 in Prökul ), physicians and social democratic MPs
  • Konrad Loerke ( born January 26, 1909 in Prökul ), German naval officer, recipient of the Officer Cross of the French Legion of Honour
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