Šešupė River

Bathing area at the Szeszuppe

Course

The river Šešupė ( German Scheschuppe or Szeszuppe / " East River ", sometimes also Scheschupe; Polish Szeszupa, Russian Шешупе ) rises on the former Old Prussian - sudauischem area in Poland, flows to Lithuania, then along the border with Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast ), where they east of the city Ragnit flows into the Neman.

In Schirwindt she enters East Prussia, flow through the circuit Pillkallen ( Schlossberg ), a route is on the boundary between the Kreise Pilkallen and Ragnit and remains from Kirchdorf Wedereitischken quite the circle Ragnit. Your turns giving it a picturesque character. The Szeszuppe clips the villages Galbrasten (three- ford ), Alt Krauleidszen ( High hallway), Aszen ( ashes), Giewerlauken (deer corridor), Weedern Kr Ragnit, Mikehnen ( Micheln ) Juckstein, Ackmenischken ( Juckstein ) and Great Lenkeningken ( United Lenkenau ). The river goes to steer by, flows through Raudszen (diamond base ) round and flows into the Neman.

" The Szeszuppe. It rises with Philippowo near the Romintenquelle and occurs at Schirwindt in East Prussia. From here to the village Schillenöhlen it forms the border between Russia and the German Empire. In Schirwindt it receives the Schirwindtfluss, which is a border river and also absorbs the west of Stallupönen herkommende Rauschwe. This river is fed by Packledimmer Moor. After the Szeszuppe has left the boundary line, she turns into a large, open ground to the north west and receives the influx of Alexnuppe that goes through the scenic Willuhner lake. On the south bank of the Szeszuppe refers to a wide range of forestry Schoreller out. In places, it has steep and picturesque shore. A beautiful landscape example, it offers the spectator in the church village Lasdehnen. A short distance above the Jura mouth pours the Szeszuppe in the Memel. "

Name

The name means literally " dark flow ". The derivation of " SESI ": six ( six- flow ) is a misinterpretation.

See lithuanian

• " SEZE " = blackbird, blackbird
• " Šešuolė " = shadow

History

The Szeszuppe was too religious times a strategically important waterway, which was often mentioned in the Order reports.

Since the 15th century is the Šešupė together with its tributaries Širvinta and Liepona part of one of the most stable national borders in Europe - initially between Prussia under the Teutonic Order in the west, and Lithuania to the east, and later between Prussia and the German Empire in the west and Russia in the east today between Russia and Lithuania in the west to the east.

In the wake of the Nazi iconoclasm against geographical names that did not sound German in the eyes of those in power enough, in 1938 a number of place names with Old Prussian, Lithuanian or Polish- Masurian roots were mainly in the eastern districts of the then province of East Prussia by arbitrarily chosen in most cases replaced or translated German titles. The Šešupė it was named the East River. Also, most places along the river, including the spots Lasdehnen, which the Nazis to Costanosellari (after Lithuanian: lazdynas " hazel " ) translated, received at the time other names, so Russian Krasnoznamensk (meaning roughly " Rotbannerstadt " ) after 1945.