Klaipėda
Klaipėda
Klaipieda (Samogitian) | |
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City | |
UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal code | 91100-96226 |
Area code | (+370) 46 |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | klaipeda |
Klaipėda (
The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the usually ice-free
The city continues to experience sustained demographic decline due to flight towards the suburbs and other cities. The number of inhabitants of Klaipėda city shrank from 202,929 in 1989 to 162,360 in 2011,[6] but the urban zone of Klaipėda expanded well into the suburbs, which sprang up around the city and surrounded it from three sides. These are partly integrated with the city (city bus lines, city water supply, etc.), and the majority of inhabitants of these suburbs work in Klaipėda. According to data from the Department of Statistics, there are 212,302 permanent inhabitants (as of 2020) in the Klaipėda city and Klaipėda district municipalities combined.[7] Popular seaside resorts found close to Klaipėda are Neringa to the south on the Curonian Spit and Palanga to the north.[8]
Names
The
The names Memelburg and Memel are found in most written sources from the 13th century onwards, while Klaipėda is found in Lithuanian sources since the 15th century. The city was initially mentioned as Caloypede in the letter of Vytautas in 1413,[9] and in negotiation documents from 1420, the city was named Klawppeda.[10] In the Treaty of Melno of 1422, the city's name was listed as Cleupeda. According to Samogitian folk etymology, the name Klaipėda refers to the boggy terrain of the town (klaidyti=obstruct and pėda=foot). Most likely, the name is of Curonian origin and means "even ground"; it likely originates from a combination of "klais/klait" (flat, open, free) and "peda" (sole of the foot, ground), as a reference to relatively flat terrain of the original settlement's surroundings.[citation needed]
The lower reaches of the river
The name of the city in the Samogitian language is spelled slightly differently: Klaipieda. The most notable non-Lithuanian names include: Polish: Kłajpeda; Russian: Клайпеда; German: Memel.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Klaipėda is also used as the coat of arms of the Klaipėda city municipality. The modern version was created by the designer Kęstutis Mickevičius. The modern coat of arms was created by restoring old seals of the Memel city (analogous with those used in the years 1446, 1605 and 1618). It was affirmed on 1 July 1992.[11]
History
Teutonic Knights
A settlement of Baltic tribes in the territory of the present-day city is said to have existed in the region as early as the 7th century. The Balts initially established Klaipėda as a trading centre for the storage of goods and annual fairs with the neighbouring Germans.[12]
In the 1240s,
Master
In the spring and summer of 1323, a Lithuanian army led by Grand Duke
After the
We find that the Memel Castle is built in the land of Samogitians. Neither
Master, nor the Order was able to prove anything opposing.
Nevertheless, no agreement was concluded and fighting continued until the Treaty of Melno in 1422 stabilized the border between the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for the next 501 years. However, two miles of Lithuanian territories, including Klaipėda, was left for the Order.[18] In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.[19] After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) the city became a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Knights,[20] and thus located within the Polish–Lithuanian union. The rebuilt town received Kulm law city rights in 1475.[21]
Duchy of Prussia
Against the wishes of its governor and commander, Eric of
After the Treaty of Königsberg in 1656 during the Northern Wars, Elector Frederick William opened Memel's harbor to Sweden, with whom the harbor's revenue was divided. Sovereignty of the margraves of Brandenburg over the region was affirmed in the Treaty of Oliva in 1660.
The construction of a fortified defence system around the entire town, initiated in 1627, noticeably changed its status and prospects.[23][21] In November 1678 a small Swedish army invaded the Prussian territory, but was unable to capture the fortress of Memel.
Kingdom of Prussia
By the beginning of the 18th century, Memel was one of the strongest fortresses (Memelfestung) in Prussia, and the town became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701. Despite its fortifications, it was captured by Russian troops during the Seven Years' War in 1757. Consequently, from 1757 to 1762 the town, along with the rest of eastern Prussia, was dependent on the Russian Empire. After this war ended, the maintenance of the fortress was neglected, but the town's growth continued.
Memel became part of the newly formed province of East Prussia within the Kingdom of Prussia in 1773. In the second half of the 18th century, Memel's lax customs and Riga's high duties enticed English traders, who established the first industrial sawmills in the town. In 1784, 996 ships arrived in Memel, 500 of which were English. The specialisation in wood manufacturing guaranteed Memel's merchants income and stability for more than a hundred years. During this era it also normalised its trade relations with Königsberg; regional instability had degraded relations since the 16th century.
Memel prospered during the second half of the 18th century by exporting timber to Great Britain for use by the Royal Navy. In 1792, 756 British ships visited the town to transport lumber from forests near Memel. In 1800 its imports consisted chiefly of salt, iron and herrings; the exports, which greatly exceeded the imports, were corn, hemp, flax, and, particularly, timber. The 1815 Encyclopædia Britannica stated that Memel was "provided with the finest harbour in the Baltic".
During the
During the January Uprising, in June 1863, Polish insurgents made an unsuccessful attempt of a naval landing near the city's harbor.[25]
German Empire
After the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, Memel became Germany's northernmost city.
The development of the town in the
Owing to the absence of heavy industry in the 1870s and 1880s, the population of Memel stagnated, although wood manufacturing persisted as the main industry. It remained the central point of the Baltic timber-trade. A British Consul was located in the town in 1800; in 1900 a British Vice-Consul was recorded there, as well as a Lloyd's Agent.
By 1900 steamer services had been established between Memel and
During the second half of the 19th century, Memel was a center for the publication of books printed in the Lithuanian language using a Latin-script alphabet – these publications were prohibited in the nearby Russian Empire of which Lithuania was a province.[23] The books were then smuggled over the Lithuanian border.
The German 1910 census lists the
Inter-war years and World War II
Under the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, Klaipėda and the surrounding Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) were detached from Germany and made a protectorate of the Entente States. The French became provisional administrators of the region until a more permanent solution could be worked out. Both Lithuania and Poland campaigned for their rights in the region. However, it seemed that the region would become a free city, similar to the Free City of Danzig. Not waiting for an unfavorable decision, the Lithuanians decided to stage the Klaipėda Revolt, take the region by force, and present the Entente with a fait accompli. The revolt was carried out in January 1923 while western Europe was distracted by the occupation of the Ruhr. The Germans tacitly supported the action, while the French offered only limited resistance.[28] The revolt was supported by the Chief Rescue Committee of Lithuania Minor, chaired by Prussian Lithuanian Martynas Jankus, which operated since 22 December 1922 with its centre in Klaipėda.[29] The League of Nations protested the revolt, but accepted the transfer in February 1923. The formal Klaipėda Convention was signed in Paris on 8 May 1924, securing extensive autonomy for the region.[30]
The annexation of the city had significant consequences for the Lithuanian economy and foreign relations. The region subsequently accounted for up to 30% of Lithuania's entire economic production. Between 70% and 80% of foreign trade passed through Klaipėda. The region, which represented only about 5% of Lithuania's territory, contained a third of its industry.[31]
As tensions in pre-war Europe continued to grow, it was expected that Germany would make a move against Lithuania to reacquire the region. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop delivered an ultimatum to the Lithuanian Foreign Minister on 20 March 1939, demanding the surrender of Klaipėda. Lithuania, unable to secure international support for its cause, submitted to the ultimatum and, in exchange for the right to use the new harbour facilities as a Free Port, ceded the disputed region to Germany in the late evening of 22 March 1939.[23] Adolf Hitler visited the harbour and delivered a speech to the city residents. This was Hitler's last territorial acquisition before World War II.[34] During the war, the Germans operated a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag I-A prisoner-of-war camp for Allied prisoners of war in the city,[35] and expelled Poles from German-occupied Poland were also enslaved as forced labour in the city's vicinity.[36]
1945–present
During World War II, from the end of 1944 into 1945, as Allied victory appeared imminent, the inhabitants
The Soviets turned Klaipėda, the foremost
Until the 1970s, Klaipėda was only important to the USSR for its economy, while cultural and religious activity was minimal and restricted. The developers of a
In 2014 Klaipėda was visited 64 times by
Geography
Climate
Klaipėda's climate is considered to be oceanic (Köppen Cfb).[6] In July and August, the warmest season, high temperatures average 20 °C (68 °F), and low temperatures average 14 °C (57 °F). The highest official temperature ever recorded was 36.6 °C (97.9 °F) in August 2014. In January and February, the coldest season, high temperatures average 0 °C (32 °F) with low temperatures averaging −5 °C (23 °F). The coldest temperature ever recorded in Klaipėda is −33.4 °C (−28.1 °F) in February 1956.[7] The greatest amount of precipitation occurs in August, with an average precipitation of 85 mm. Meanwhile, the least amount of precipitation occurs in April, with an average of 41 mm.[9]
Climate data for Klaipėda (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1929-present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
36.6 (97.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
36.6 (97.9) |
Mean maximum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.2 (84.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
Mean minimum °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
0.6 (33.1) |
5.9 (42.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −32.0 (−25.6) |
−33.4 (−28.1) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−24.1 (−11.4) |
−33.4 (−28.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.4 (2.89) |
50.7 (2.00) |
47.1 (1.85) |
36.2 (1.43) |
43.7 (1.72) |
59.7 (2.35) |
74.1 (2.92) |
96.8 (3.81) |
89.5 (3.52) |
108.3 (4.26) |
90.1 (3.55) |
79.9 (3.15) |
853.1 (33.59) |
Average precipitation days | 14.77 | 11.35 | 10.05 | 7.45 | 7.59 | 9.22 | 9.42 | 11.67 | 11.55 | 14.86 | 14.49 | 15.39 | 138.72 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
85 | 84 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 88 | 87 | 81 |
Average dew point °C (°F) | −4 (25) |
−4 (25) |
−2 (28) |
2 (36) |
7 (45) |
11 (52) |
15 (59) |
14 (57) |
11 (52) |
6 (43) |
3 (37) |
0 (32) |
5 (41) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 34 | 65 | 122 | 180 | 264 | 285 | 274 | 252 | 167 | 100 | 40 | 28 | 1,811 |
Source 1: Météo Climat[40] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: NOAA,[41] Time and Date (humidity and dewpoints, 2005-2015)[42] |
Coastal temperature data for Klaipėda | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average sea temperature °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.76) |
2.4 (36.32) |
1.6 (34.88) |
4.2 (39.56) |
9.6 (49.28) |
15.0 (59.00) |
18.6 (65.48) |
19.3 (66.74) |
17.0 (62.60) |
12.6 (54.68) |
9.0 (48.20) |
5.8 (42.44) |
9.9 (49.75) |
Source 1: Seatemperature.org[43] |
Parks and forests
Parks:
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Forests:
- Klaipeda Forest
- Giruliai Forest
- Smiltyne Forest
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1722 | 3,400 | — |
1782 | 5,500 | +61.8% |
1790 | 6,300 | +14.5% |
1813 | 7,230 | +14.8% |
1823 | 5,300 | −26.7% |
1837 | 9,000 | +69.8% |
1855 | 17,000 | +88.9% |
1861 | 17,500 | +2.9% |
1875 | 20,000 | +14.3% |
1890 | 19,282 | −3.6% |
1897 | 20,100 | +4.2% |
1905 | 20,700 | +3.0% |
1912 | 23,500 | +13.5% |
1925 | 35,845 | +52.5% |
1931 | 37,142 | +3.6% |
1938 | 47,189 | +27.1% |
1950 | 48,500 | +2.8% |
1959 | 89,500 | +84.5% |
1961 | 106,243 | +18.7% |
1967 | 131,600 | +23.9% |
1970 | 140,342 | +6.6% |
1978 | 175,200 | +24.8% |
1979 | 176,648 | +0.8% |
1985 | 195,000 | +10.4% |
1989 | 202,929 | +4.1% |
1991 | 208,300 | +2.6% |
1992 | 207,100 | −0.6% |
1999 | 203,300 | −1.8% |
2001 | 192,954 | −5.1% |
2007 | 185,936 | −3.6% |
2008 | 184,657 | −0.7% |
2009 | 183,433 | −0.7% |
2010 | 182,752 | −0.4% |
2011 | 162,360 | −11.2% |
2014 | 157,305 | −3.1% |
2017 | 162,835 | +3.5% |
2018 | 149,015 | −8.5% |
2019 | 148,506 | −0.3% |
2020 (est.) | 154,332 | +3.9% |
Source: [44] |
Klaipėda was established as an outpost dedicated for German crusaders.[23] Initially, Klaipėda developed slowly. In the 13th century, it was often attacked by the Sambians and Samogitians, and in the middle of the 15th century, it was attacked by the Gdańskians (for trading reasons).[23] Consequently, in the 13th–15th centuries, Klaipėda was burned or ruined around 20 times.[23]
In the second half of the 15th century, the residents began to settle in a territory of the Klaipėda Old Town, which was on a peninsula of the right bank of the old Danė .[23] Soon, the reconstruction of the Klaipėda Castle began, and all residents moved to the peninsula.[23]
The development of Klaipėda was fueled by the increasing trade of the
There were few German colonists in Royal Prussia when Prussian monarchs were vassals of the Polish kings (1466–1660), and they mostly moved to cities and towns.[45] During the Second Northern War in 1656–1657, Lithuania Minor was damaged by Tatars detached from the Army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[45] Following the Treaty of Oliva in 1660, Klaipėda become part of the Brandenburg-Prussia constituent state, which led to strengthened oppression of the locals of Lithuania Minor.[45]
In 1701 the Kingdom of Prussia was created and Prussian officials and intellectuals propagated a political direction which claimed that a new nation formed from Prussian Lithuanians (Lietuvininkai), Old Prussians, and German colonists.[45] In the beginning of the 18th century 300,000 residents lived in the core of Lithuania Minor and up to 100% of peasant farms in the Klaipėda Region were Lithuanian, however cities in Lithuania Minor become centres of Germanisation, cultural assimilation, and colonization.[45][47][48] In 1700–1721 the Prussian Lithuanians population was dramatically decreased in Klaipėda and other Lithuanian counties by the Great Northern War plague outbreak which killed 160,000 (53%) of residents in Lithuania Minor (more than 90% of the deceased were Prussian Lithuanians).[45][49] Following it, the Prussian authorities organized a large-scale German colonization of Lithuania Minor.[45][50] The colonists received various privileges, however they constituted for only 13,4% of residents and quite a few of them later departed to other countries.[45][50] In 1736–1818 Klaipėda was part of Lithuanian Department which had over 340,000 residents.[51] The recovering population was ravaged by the Imperial Russian Army during the Seven Years' War in 1756–1763.[45] In 1782 Klaipėda had 5500 residents, in 1790 – 6300.[21]
In the
Following the Klaipėda Revolt in 1923, Klaipėda Region was incorporated into Lithuania and Lithuanian population in Klaipėda increased due to migration (Lithuanians constituted 30.3% and Germans 57.3% of Klaipėda's 35,845 population in 1925).[23][50][21] German politicians promoted a Memellander ideology and argued that Germans and local Lithuanians were "two ethnicities (Volkstümer), yet one cultural community (Kulturgemeinschaft)".[52] Lithuania ceded Klaipėda Region to Nazi Germany due to the 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, however soon World War II started and residents of Klaipėda were evacuated to Germany.[23] In the aftermath of World War II almost all the new residents moved to Klaipėda from Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, replacing the former German-speaking population (after the war only six old residents remained in the city).[23] Over the years the Lithuanian population in the city continued to grow and constituted: 55.2% in 1959, 60.9% in 1970, 61.5% in 1979, 63.0% in 1989, 71.3% in 2001, 73.9% in 2011.[23]
As of 2020[update], the population of Klaipėda was 154,332.[53] The latest data shows that there are more women in the city: females make up 54.89% (84,717), males make up 45.11% (69,615).[53] In 2022, Lithuanians constituted 80% of the population in Klaipėda.[54]
Religion
The first church (possibly
Eberhard von Sayn, the Teutonic Grand Marshal, and Heinrich von Lützelburg , the Bishop of Courland, agreed in a treaty to build two churches: one for German colonists (Church of St. John), the other for baptized natives (Church of St. Nicholas).[56] The Church of St. Nicholas was large (with 10 windows) and served residents of many neighborhoods.[56] The church services were held in Latin and sermons were given in German, but there also were translators into the language of the local people who had a dedicated place near the pulpit.[56][57]
Following the creation of the Duchy of Prussia in 1525 and due to the Reformation movement, the Evangelical Reformed faith was spread in the languages of the local people, including Lithuanian.[56] In 1620, the Lithuanian Parish of Klaipėda became an independent unit, but in 1627, the Church of St. Nicholas was demolished due to necessity to build a city wall around a growing city and the parish was left without its own church.[56][57] The construction of a new church for the Lithuanian Parish began in 1686, and the new church was consecrated in the summer of 1687.[56][57] Johann Lehmann worked in the new church, and by having a great knowledge of Lithuanian language he checked the Daniel Klein's Grammatica Litvanica and wrote other texts in Lithuanian.[56] Following Lehmann's death, the parish was taken over by his son, who worked there for 32 years, and then his grandson, who worked there in 1696–1722.[56] Later priests of the parish (e.g. Abraham David Lüneburg, Johann Richter) also knew Lithuanian language and published Lithuanian texts.[56]
The Lithuanian Church was destroyed during the Great Fire of Klaipėda in 1854.[56][57] Consequently, the parishioners collected funds and the reconstruction project was prepared by architect Friedrich August Stüler which was completed in the winter of 1856.[56][57] The Lithuanian Parish of Klaipėda was large (it had 15,600 parishioners in 1848 and 16,000 parishioners in 1878).[56] In 1852, German services started being held in the Lithuanian Church, and since then, the church was called Landkirche, but was eventually renamed to Church of St. Jacob.[56][57] Karl Rudolf Jacobi worked in the Church of St. Jacob in 1859–1881 and in 1879 was selected as Chairman of the Lithuanian Literary Society.[56] After Jacobi's death he was replaced by Janis Pipirs who is also known for his prominent Lithuanian publications.[56][58] Following the Klaipėda Revolt in 1923 the priests of the Church of St. Jacob stayed loyal to Lithuania and did not demonstrate vast support for Adolf Hitler in 1939.[56] Due to migration following the revolt, the number of Catholics in Klaipėda increased and in 1926 the deanery of Klaipėda was assigned to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai.[59] In 1939 the Catholic deanery had 25,000 believers.[59] In 1944 almost the entire Lutheran parish was evacuated westward to avoid Soviet repressions.[56] Due to the forceful implementation of state atheism in the post-war period, the damaged churches of St. John, St. Jacob, Evangelical Reformed, Anglican and Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity were completely demolished.[23][57][60]
In 1956, there were 30,000 Catholics in Klaipėda.[59] Following the death of Joseph Stalin, a construction of the Church of Mary, Queen of Peace, in Rumpiškės Street was started in 1961, but the Soviet administration did not allow to open it.[59] Furthermore, with the support of the Soviet Army, the tower of the church was demolished and it was rearranged into a philharmonic, while priests who built the church were imprisoned.[59] The church was eventually returned to the believers in 1987.[59]
Following the restoration of independent Lithuania in 1990, Klaipėda has one of the largest parishes of the Lithuanian Evangelical Lutheran Church.[61] Since 1991, the Catholic Church of Klaipėda Region belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai.[59]
City municipality
The Klaipėda city municipality council is the governing body of the Klaipėda city municipality.[62] It is responsible for municipal laws. The council is composed of 31 members (30 councillors and a mayor) and is directly elected for four-year terms.[63][64]
The council is the member of the Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania.
Mayors
- 1990–1992 – Povilas Vasiliauskas
- 1992–1994 – Benediktas Petrauskas
- 1994–1995 – Jurgis Aušra
- 1995–1997 – Silverijus Šukys
- 1997–2000 and 2000–2001 – Eugenijus Gentvilas
- 2001–2003, 2003–2007, 2007–2011 – Rimantas Taraškevičius
- 2011–2015, 2015–2019, 2019–2023 – Vytautas Grubliauskas
- 2023–present – Arvydas Vaitkus
Port of Klaipėda
The Port of Klaipėda is the principal
The annual port cargo handling capacity is up to 60 million tons.[67] In 2022 the port handled 36,1 million tons of cargo and it was visited by 5605 ships.[68] The port operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round.[67]
Culture and contemporary life
Historical
Klaipėda's main attractions are the historic buildings in the city's centre, dating from the 13th to 18th centuries. Some of its older buildings have
- The remnants of the Klaipėda Castle, built in the 13th century by the Teutonic Order. It had and a quadrangular tower, surrounded by the ramparts and brick bastions. It lost importance after the Russian occupation from 1756 to 1762, and thenceforth started to decay.
- The Žardė ancient settlement, situated on the right bank of the river Smiltelė. It is dated to the late Iron Age (10th century), and was inhabited until the 16th century.
- The remnants of the so-called "Dutch" defence system around the entire town from the 17th–18th centuries.
- The maritime museum in Fort Wilhelm, built at the end of the 19th century at the spike of the Curonian Spit.
Cinemas
- Arlekinas
- Forum cinemas
Theatres
- Klaipėda Musical theatre
- Klaipėda Drama theatre
- Klaipėda Puppet theatre
- Apeironas theater
- Dance theater "Šokio teatras"
- Klaipėda youth theater "Klaipėdos jaunimo teatras"
Museums
- "39–45"
- "Amber Queen" museum of amber
- Blacksmiths museum
- Castle museum
- Clocks museum
- Exposition of resistance movement and deportation
- Lithuanian Art Museum Pranas Domšaitis gallery
- The History Museum of Lithuania Minor
- Maritime museum and Dolphinarium
Maritime Museum
The Lithuanian Maritime Museum is set in a former nineteenth-century fortification of the
Festivals
Annual events include Klaipėda Music Spring, the Klaipėda Castle Jazz Festival, Museum Nights, the International Festival of Street Theatres, the International Short Film Festival, and the Klaipėda Sea Festival, among others.[71][72][73] The Parbėg laivelis folk festival, which involves concerts, ship displays and theatrical performances, is also regularly held.[74]
Cityscape
Urbanism and architecture
The city plan is linear, stretching along the shores of the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic Sea.[75] The main parts of the city Old Town on the left bank of the Danė River, as well as the new residential areas built after 1945 (Pempininkai, Naujakiemis, Alksnynė, Gedminai, and others).[75] The specifics of the port city are emphasized by the quays, warehouses, half-timbered and industrial buildings typical of the Klaipėda Region.[75] In the Old Town of Klaipeda, a rectangular network of streets was formed in the 13th-15th centuries, including Naujamiestis on the right bank of the Danė River.
Some of the fortification structures that were built before the 20th century and facilities have survived. Klaipėda Castle, which was used from the 13th through 18th centuries, as well as its accompanying bastion, built from 1559 remains on the left bank of the Danė River.[76] Klaipeda Castle's bastion complex, which dates from the 15th through 18th centuries, still exists on the right bank of Danė River.[75] Old public buildings, including Theater Palace, which was built on the site of a burnt-down classicist building in 1857, still exist on the old town in Klaipeda. Half-timbered and brick warehouses and residential houses are prevalent throughout Klaipeda.[75]
Following the fire of 1854, the city was intensively rebuilt.
Furthermore, during this period, many residential houses and various other buildings were built. For instance, residential buildings were built on Liepų Street. Also, a neoclassical palace was built in Liepų Street 12. The palace would get expanded around 1820 as well as in the late 19th century. The palace is now used as the Klaipėda Clock and Watch Museum.[78] Also, a wooden villa in Giruliai, Šlaito Street 4 was built in the second half of the 19th century. Furthermore, a Neo-Renaissance villa was built in 1874. The aforementioned villa is now used as the Klaipėda County I. Simonaitytė Public Library. Industrial buildings, including a gas factory built in 1861 by the architect J. Hartmann, the fachwerk Union Chemical Fertilizer Factory built in 1869–80, the pulp factory built in 1900 and later expanded to form 1994 Klaipėda Cardboard Company, were also extensively constructed. Furthermore, a bascule bridge was built over the canal between the castle and the Danė River in 1855.[75] The bascule bridge had important economic impacts for the city, as every passing vessel was required to pay a bridge lifting fee.[79]
In the early 20th century, Jugendstil style buildings were built in the city, including houses at Tiltų Street 13 and H. Manto Street 30, as well as a villa at Smiltynės Street 11.[75] Following the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania and the Klaipėda Revolt, the Red Cross Hospital (1933, architect R. Steikūnas; now Klaipėda County Hospital), Vytautas Magnus Gymnasium (1934, architect H. Reissmann), Klaipėda Pedagogical Institute Sports Hall (1937, architect V. Landsbergis ‑ Žemkalnis; known since 2005 as the Klaipėda Physical Culture and Recreation Center), City Savings Bank (1938), Power Plant Complex (3rd-4th decade of the 20th century, architect of some buildings H. Reissmann) were built and are characterized by rationalist features.[75]
During World War II, 60% of the buildings in Klaipeda were destroyed.[75] Moreover, the buildings reminiscent of Klaipėda's Germans were destroyed, and the remains of bombed-out Catholic and evangelical Reformed churches were demolished.[75]
During the
Education
Primary and secondary education
Since the 14th century, Klaipėda has been a center for education in Lithuania Minor.[81] During the period of Teutonic Knights there were so-called Latin schools near the city churches in Pilsotas, the northern part of the Klaipėda Region inhabited by the Curonians, however most of the schools were established in Sambia Peninsula.[82][83]
During the period of the Duchy of Prussia schools in Lithuania Minor were created based on the regulations of the church authorities.[82] In the 16th century a dozen Lithuanian parochial schools operated in the Duchy of Prussia.[82] The earliest documented fact about teachers in Klaipėda dates to 1540 when a tax payer was described as "living with the teacher".[84] Around 1590, the Lithuanian community became independent, and then in ~1620 a separate Klaipėdian Parochial School was opened in a house built on a plot belonging to a priest of the Lithuanian Church, located between the extension of John's Street and Market's Street, but the church and school were demolished in 1627.[85][84] In 1687, a new Lithuanian Church was built in the Friedrich's suburb and the Lithuanian Parochial School was also established next to it.[85] At the beginning of the 19th century, the significance of the Lithuanian Parochial School in Klaipėda decreased and in 1817 the Magistrate of Klaipėda occupied the building and the school ceased its activity after operating for nearly 300 years.[85]
In the first half of the 18th century King Frederick William I carried out a reform of the Prussian education system and was one of the first in Europe to try to implement universal primary education.[82] Out of 1160 new primary schools 275 were established in Lithuanian Province which included Klaipėda.[82] Moreover, Lutheranism provisions encouraged the use of the language of the local people in public life, including in church schools, and in the 18th century the number of primary schools in Lithuanian counties eventually risen to 449 (in 340 of them pupils were taught only in Lithuanian or in German).[82] Nevertheless, a big obstacle for Lithuanian children to study was serfdom which was abolished in Prussia only in 1763.[82] In the 19th century, mixed schools resulted in Germanisation of Lithuanian pupils as bilingual schools eventually became monolingual German.[82] In the interwar period Klaipėda became part of Lithuania since 1923, however in this period out of 102 schools only four were Lithuanian and seven were mixed German–Lithuanian in the entire Klaipėda Region.[86]
At the end of the 17th century, the Great School (or the Latin School) was established which was the first upper school in Klaipėda, and in ~1850 the school was granted gymnasium status, while in 1891 it was named after Queen Louise.[84][87] In 1829, the Klaipėda Navigation School was established due to the demand to train navigators and sea captains.[84][88] In 1902, the Klaipėda Teachers' Seminary was established with an objective to prepare teachers who know Lithuanian language.[89] In 1923, the Klaipėda Conservatory was established on the initiative of composer Stasys Šimkus to educate professional musicians which is still active.[90][84] In 1925, the Klaipėda Accelerated School was established alongside its German counterpart which after 2 years studies provided an opportunity to its graduates to continues studies in the gymnasium.[91]
Currently, Klaipėda has 12 gymnasiums, 3
Tertiary education
Initially, Klaipėda had no university, therefore many Klaipėdians and prominent Lithuanians from Lithuania Minor and Lithuania proper studied and lectured at the University of Königsberg which was established in 1544 with a permission of Sigismund I the Old and had equal status to the University of Kraków.[82][95] Since 1718 the University of Königsberg had the Lithuanian language seminar which was the first independent discipline of Lithuanian language in higher education.[96]
In the interwar period three
In the
Another university operating in Klaipėda is the LCC International University which is an ecumenical Christian university providing liberal arts education of social sciences and humanities.[104] The majority of its students are internationals from tens of countries worldwide.[104]
Four
Libraries
A number of libraries are located in Klaipėda, with the most notable being Klaipėda University Library (est. in 1991, has hundreds of thousands of publications copies),[111] Klaipėda City Municipality Imanuel Kant Public Library (est. in 1920, has 20 departments),[112] Klaipėda County Ieva Simonaitytė Public Library (est. in 1950, has over 900,000 documents of which nearly 600,000 are books),[113] etc.
Infrastructure
Notable buildings
The tallest building in Klaipėda is Pilsotas, which is a 34-storey building.
Name | Stories | Height | Built | Purpose | Status |
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Pilsotas | 34 | 111.9 m. | 2007 | Residential | Built |
BIG 2 Complex | 25 | 72–82 m. | 2009 | Mixed use | Built |
K Tower | 20 | 71.9 m. | 2006 | Office | Built |
D Tower | 20 | 71.9 m. | 2006 | Residential | Built |
Klaipėdos burė | 22 | 66 m. | 2009 | Residential | Built |
Aukštoji Smeltė | 20 | 66 m. | 2009 | Residential | Under construction |
Minijos Banga | 20 | 62.2 m. | 2007 | Residential | Built |
Neapolis Business Centre | 16 | 56.7 m. | 2007 | Office | Built |
Baltijos Avenue Tower | 15 | 50 m. | 2002 | Residential | Built |
Vėtrungė | 13 | 42 m. | – | Retail | Built |
Transportation
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Railway
The Klaipeda railway station (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos geležinkelio stotis) is located at Priestočio g. 1, north of the Old Town.
The railway station consists of two buildings. The old building, made of yellow bricks and reflecting features of Classical architecture, was built in 1881. Currently, the building hosts various small businesses. The new railway station was built of red bricks in 1983.
The railway network of then Prussia reached Klaipėda in 1878. Initially used for lumber and fish freight on the Klaipėda–Šilutė and Klaipėda–Šilutė–Pagėgiai routes, the railway grid network of Lithuania Minor received a major boost after the Klaipėda uprising and the annexation of the region by Lithuania in 1923.
As of 2017 Lithuanian Railways were operating two routes from Klaipėda railway station. 4 daily trains on route Klaipėda – Vilnius and 2 daily trains on the Klaipėda–Radviliškis routes. Train tickets could be obtained at the station.[114] lt or with a surcharge – on board the trains.
The railway station is served by the following buses of Klaipėda city passenger transport:
- No. 9 south of the city – city hospital (via Central Klaipėda Terminal)
- No. 6 south of the city – Melnragė district (Melnragė beaches)
- No. 8 south of city – bus station (through Old town)
- No. 15 south of the city – city hospital
- No. 100 bus station – Palanga International Airport (PLQ)
Airport
Domestic and international commercial scheduled airline services are provided by Palanga International Airport. The airport is connected with Klaipėda by a city bus.
Klaipėda also has a small, privately run aerodrome with a focus on sports aviation and charter services.
Ferries
Ferries to Smiltynė
Klaipėda is located next to the Curonian Spit and a small part of the peninsula (Smiltynė) is within Klaipėda. People can reach the peninsula by ferry using one of the two terminals.
- The Old ferry terminal (Danės st. 1) – ferry from city center for passengers traveling on foot or with bikes;
- The New ferry terminal (Nemuno st. 8) – ferry for people with motorized vehicles.
International ferries
In Klaipėda, there are three ferry lines and two ferry companies: DFDS Seaways and TT-Line.
Ferries depart from the Central Klaipėda Terminal (CKT). DFDS operates ferries to Kiel (Germany) and Karlshamn (Sweden), and TT-Line ferries head to Trelleborg (Sweden).
Buses
Klaipėda's bus public transportation is arranged in a north–south axis, based on three parallel principal streets, running along the coast of Curonian Lagoon and thus making the grid logical and comfortable for commuting.[116]
In shops and newsstands, electronic cards could be bought for the purpose of paying for transportation. Public transport is organized, supervised and coordinated by the Klaipėda city passenger transport.
Buses to other cities and towns depart from Klaipėda bus station (Butkų Juzės g. 9). Buses to Curonian Spit villages Nida and Juodkrantė depart from a bus stop in Smiltynė (next to the Old ferry terminal).
Trams
Trams in Klaipėda functioned in 1904—1934 and 1950–1967. It was the only tram transport in the history of Lithuania, as well as the last years of first independent Lithuania, then in Soviet Lithuania. It was an interurban transport which was operated by Memeler Kleinbahn AG company.
The tram system had two lines with 12 km of tracks and 17 tramcars. The first line was from the old city (lighthouse and Strandvilla restaurant) through center and northern suburbs, which included Royal (Didžioji) Vitė and Bomelio Vitė localities. Eventually, the route would go to beaches, then to Melnragė, a resort. The second line was from the old city through Royal Smeltė, an industrial suburb, then south to Wilhelm Channel and Wooden Bay. Line The tram lines were all connected to the stock exchange in the center of the city. Branches of the tram routes connected the center with railway station through Liepaja (now Manto) Street and Liepaja (now Lietuvninku) Square. Another tram route passed near the Winter Port through the Vite locality. In 1950—1967 tram run functioned in line to Smeltė only. Tram lines were used for delivery of goods from railways and ports. Eventually, the tram degraded and closed due to wear, as well as lack of funds for its renewal and development.[117]
City authorities are currently planning to revitalize the tram system in Klaipeda. The proposed tram routes plan to connect Klaipėda with Šventoji through Palanga International Airport, as well as Palanga. In 2017, a feasibility study began for first tram line on Herkus Manto and Taikos streets.[118][119][120]
Old town
Klaipėda's Old Town is notable among other towns in Lithuania for its abundance of German and Scandinavian architecture. Klaipėda's Old Town is unique with its fachwerk architectural style and its planned street structure, which is uncharacteristic to any other old town in Lithuania. Its streets are geometrically configured very correctly, and the angle of intersection is straight.
One of the most popular places in Klaipėda's old town is The Theatre Square. It hosts a variety of concerts, the Sea Festival, the International Jazz Festival and other events. An important focus of the Theatre Square is the Taravos Anikė sculpture depicting a youthful barefoot girl. The sculpture was erected in the memory of the poet Simonas Dachas and perpetuates one of the poet's described heroes.[121]
Sports
Club | Sport | League | Venue |
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Neptūnas
|
Basketball | Lithuanian Basketball League ( Eurocup )
|
Švyturio Arena
|
Nafta-Uni-Laivitė
|
Basketball | National Basketball League (NKL) | Žalgirio sporto rūmai
|
Tekoda | Basketball | Regional Basketball League ( RKL )
|
Žalgirio sporto rūmai
|
LCC TU | Basketball | Regional Basketball League ( RKL )
|
Michaelsen Centre |
Klaipėdos Fortūna
|
Basketball | Lithuanian Women Basketball League ( LMKL )
|
Žalgirio Sporto Rūmai
|
Dragūnas | Handball
|
Lithuanian Handball League ( LRL )
|
Neptūnas Hall |
Kuršiai
|
Rugby | Lithuanian Rugby Union I Group | Žalgiris Stadium
|
Atlantas | Football | defunct | |
FK Klaipedos Granitas
|
Football | defunct | |
FK Sendvaris | Football | Sunday football league SFL League (SFL Lyga) | Football school stadium |
Sadvita | Hockey
|
Lithuania Hockey League (NVLRL) | Klaipedos Akropolis Ice Arena |
Skatas - 95 | Hockey
|
Lithuania Hockey League (NVLRL) | Klaipedos Akropolis Ice Arena |
Kirai | Hockey
|
Lithuania Hockey League (NVLRL) | Klaipedos Akropolis Ice Arena |
Toras | Hockey
|
Lithuania Hockey League (NVLRL) | Klaipedos Akropolis Ice Arena |
Marių Meškos | Ultimate | Lithuanian Ultimate Frisbee federation I group | Smiltynė beach, Indoor halls |
Ultimate | SUN BEAM (tournament) | Smiltynė beach | |
Scala dream | Rock climbing | Inhouse climbing club with top Lithuanian climbers | Indoor climbing facility |
Fabrique | Rock climbing | Inhouse climbing club with top Lithuanian climbers | Indoor climbing facility |
Economy
Klaipeda generates approximately 12 percent of Lithuania's GDP and about 80 percent of western Lithuania's GDP.[122] Much of Klaipeda's economy is impacted by trade in the Port of Klaipėda. In the eastern part of the city, there is the Klaipėda Free Economic Zone, which offers 0 percent tax incentives for first 6 years.
Klaipeda also the location of the first
Most of the city's GDP is generated in the service sector. Inhabitants of Klaipėda have a higher income than the average of Lithuania. Companies in Klaipeda include
According to the
Media
Radio
- Radijas 9 91.4 FM
- Laluna94.9 FM
- Kelyje 99.8 FM
- Raduga100.8 FM
- European Hit Radio 96.2 FM
- Power Hit Radio 96.7 FM
- Zip FM92.5 FM
Television
- Balticum TV
Newspapers
- Vakarų ekspresas
- Klaipeda
Notable residents
- Simon Dach (1605–1659), poet and writer of the Ännchen von Tharau song
- Matthäus Prätorius (1635–1704), Protestant pastor, historian, ethnographer
- David Wilkins, (1685–1745) a Prussian orientalist, settled in England
- Michael Wohlfahrt (1687–1741), religious leader in Pennsylvania
- Andreas Murray (1695–1771), Swedish priest
- Johan Daniel Berlin (1714–1787), Norwegian rococo composer and organist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799–1875), astronomer
- Yisrael Salanter(1810–1883), founder of Musar movement within Judaism
- Julius Kröhl (1820–1867), German-American submarine pioneer
- James Hobrecht (1825–1902), German director for urban planning of Berlin
- Isaac Rülf (1831–1902), editor-in-chief of Memeler Dampfboot, philosopher, activist
- Heinrich Drews (1841–1916) orchestrated the National Anthem of El Salvador
- David Wolffsohn (1856–1914), second president of World Zionist Organization
- Clara Schlaffhorst (1863–1945), voice educator
- George Adomeit (1879–1967), painter
- Charlotte Susa (1898–1976), actress
- Werner Wolff (SS officer)(1922–1945)
- Soviet Occupied Zone)
- Gerhard Spiegler (1929–2015) former President of Elizabethtown College Pennsylvania
- Tomas Venclova (born 1937), poet and author
- Werner Ulrich (born 1940), is a former East German sprint canoer
- Lena Valaitis (born 1943), pop singer
- Hans Henning Atrott (born 1944), philosopher and pro-euthanasia activist
- Leonidas Donskis (1962–2016), philosopher and critic
- Gitanas Nausėda, (born 1964), President of Lithuania
- Mindaugas Piecaitis(born 1969), conductor/composer of Catcerto for Nora the Piano Cat
- Eurelijus Žukauskas (born 1973), European basketball champion
- Rolandas Muraška (born 1973), former tennis player
- Saulius Štombergas (born 1973), European basketball champion
- Violeta "Sati" Jurkonienė(born 1976), Lithuanian singer
- Tomas Danilevičius (born 1978), Lithuanian football (soccer) player
- Živilė Rezgytė, (born 1978), rhythmic gymnast and business executive
- Arvydas Macijauskas (born 1980), European basketball champion
- Tomas Delininkaitis (born 1982), basketball player
- Tomas Vaitkus (born 1982), cycling champion
- Kristina Tučkutė (born 1983), fashion model
- Valdas Vasylius (born 1983), basketball player
- Gintaras Januševičius, (born 1985), pianist
- Monika Liu, (born 1988), singer-songwriter who represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
- Tauras Tunyla (born 1993), racing driver
Twin towns – sister cities
Klaipėda is
The city was previously twinned with:[127]
- Cherepovets, Russia
- Kaliningrad, Russia
- Mogilev, Belarus
Cooperation agreements
Klaipėda has an additional cooperation agreement with:[128]
- Porto, Portugal
See also
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External links
- Municipal website, klaipeda.lt
- Klaipėda Tourism and Culture Information Center website, klaipedainfo.lt
- Klaipėda In Your Pocket City Guide (also a downloadable PDF guide), inyourpocket.com
- Klaipeda travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Klaipėda State Seaport, portofklaipeda.lt
- University of Klaipėda, ku.lt
- LCC International University, lcc.lt
- Klaipėda on Google Maps, maps.google.com
- Klaipėda for tourists, tripadvisor.com
- wiki-de.genealogy.net, Port of Memel