Palanga port
Port Palanga (lit. Palangos uostas ) was a seaport in the west Lithuanian city of Palanga on the Baltic Sea , north of the port city of Klaipėda .
history
In 1435 the Lithuanians conquered the Palanga area . Palanga became the center of a Starostei and for centuries offered the only Lithuanian access to the Baltic Sea.
After the English of King Sigismund III. Wasa (1566–1632) received the right to expand the port, they built a pier in 1589 . At that time there was foreign trade in manufactured products , salt, metals and weapons. Grain, honey, flax and furs were exported from Lithuania . There was an exchange of goods. The port of Palanga was a competitor to the ports of Riga, Liepaja and Klaipeda .
In 1701 the Swedish army overthrew the ports in Palanga and Šventoji . From 1705 the port was no longer used for trade.
In the 19th century the landgraves Tiškevičiai tried in vain to renew the city of Palanga as a port.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 55 ′ 13.5 ″ N , 21 ° 2 ′ 43.9 ″ E