Priekulė
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| Coordinates : | 55 ° 33 ' N , 21 ° 19' E | ||
| Height : | 4 m | ||
| Area (place) : | 2.45 km² | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 1,261 (2017) | ||
| Population density : | 515 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Postal code : | LT-96047 | ||
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Priekulė (Eng. (Noble) Prökuls ; Curish Prekule ) is a small town and the center of the rural office of the same name in the district of Klaipėda in the Lithuanian region of Lesser Lithuania , formerly Prussian Lithuania . The place is about 20 kilometers south of Klaipėda (Memel) on the Minge .
Surname
The name Prökul is derived from Curio-Latvian “preks”: price; "Prece": goods (cf. Prussian-Lithuanian "prekius": offer, haggle). The Curonian ending -ul is a diminutive, which indicates that it is a rather insignificant trading center.
history
The place was originally called Paminia (on the Minia / Minge). In 1511 a jug "zur Minnige" is documented. Jugs were erected at transport hubs and were essentially trading venues. In 1540 a Lukas Preckol was the operator of the pitcher. In 1587 a church was built, the first known pastor of which was Caspar Radunius. Prökuls has been a parish since 1628 , but had to cede individual villages to other parishes. The population was Evangelical-Lutheran, the Catholics belonged to the Memel parish. A teacher was hired as early as 1594. In 1905 the village had around 500 inhabitants, very few of them ethnic Germans, in 1925 there were around 1,100 inhabitants.
Prekulė District
The Priekulės seniūnija, which is assigned to the Rajongemeinde Klaipėda , has existed since 1995 . The administrative district includes the city of Prekulė and 44 villages with a total of 7,829 inhabitants (as of 2011). The municipality is in the 13 sub-districts (lit. Seniūnaitija) Butkų seniūnaitija, Dituvos seniūnaitija, Drevernos seniūnaitija, Drukių seniūnaitija, Gropiškių seniūnaitija, Lankupių seniūnaitija, Mickų seniūnaitija, Pjaulių seniūnaitija, Priekulės II kaimo seniūnaitija, Priekulės miesto Pirmoji seniūnaitija, Priekulės miesto Antroji seniūnaitija , Stragnų seniūnaitija and Venckų seniūnaitija. The district includes:
| Place name | German name | Subdistrict |
|---|---|---|
| Biržininkai | Birßeningken | Butkai |
| Būdviečiai | Budwethen | Stragnai |
| Butkai | Buttken | Butkai |
| Daugmantai | Daugmanten | Venckai |
| Dercekliai | Darzeppeln | Dituva |
| Dituva | Lithuania | Dituva |
| Dreverna | Draw wages | Dreverna |
| Drukiai | To press | Drukiai |
| Gropiškiai | Gropischken | Gropiškiai |
| Gručeikiai | Grujiks | Mickai |
| Grumbliai | Grumble | Lankupiai |
| Jokšai | Jaagschen | Venckai |
| Kairiai | Kairinn | Mickai |
| Kalviškiai | Kallwischken | Lankupiai |
| Kinčiai | Kindschen-Bartel | Mickai |
| Kliošiai | Klooschen-Bartel | Mickai |
| Klišiai | Clichés | Pjauliai |
| Kuodžiai | Kooden | Priekulė II land |
| Lankupiai | Lankuppen | Lankupiai |
| Liaunai | Whims | Stragnai |
| Lingiai | Lingen | Priekulė II land |
| Lūžgaliai | Schudnaggen | Dituva |
| Mėželiai | Chisels | Venckai |
| Mickai | Mitzken | Mickai |
| Nibrai | Nibble | Priekulė II land |
| Pangesai | Pangessen | Pjauliai |
| Pempiai | Pemps | Pjauliai |
| Pjauliai | Howl | Pjauliai |
| Pleškučiai | Pleschkutten | Drukiai |
| Priekulė | Prokuls | Priekulė City 1 and Priekulė City 2 |
| Priekulė I | to Prokuls | Drukiai |
| Priekulė II | Prokuls [good] | Priekulė II land |
| Rokai | Rooken | Butkai |
| Spengiai | Blast | Mickai |
| Stragnai I | Stragna [good] | Stragnai |
| Stragnai II | Stragna | Stragnai |
| Svencelė | Schwenzeln | Dreverna |
| Šilgaliai | Schillgallen | Mickai |
| Šilininkai | Schilleningken | Stragnai |
| Šventvakariai | Swivel cart | Gropiškiai |
| Traubiai | Terapes | Dituva |
| Vaškiai | Washing | Mickai |
| Venckai | Wensken | Venckai |
| Voveriškiai | Wowerischken | Stragnai |
| Žiaukos | Tick | Butkai |
Personalities
- Immanuel Kant's paternal ancestors come from Kantweinen in the parish of Prökuls.
- Erich Hippke (1888–1969), Chief Medical Officer
- Egon Erzum (1904–1974), German politician
- Herbert Böttcher (1907–1950), SS and police leader
- Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978), Prussian-Lithuanian writer, had a summer house in Prökuls
- Friedrich Börschmann (* 1870), doctor and social democratic parliamentarian
- Konrad Loerke (1909–1975), naval officer, holder of the Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honor
- Sigitas Valančius (* 1957), Lithuanian education manager and politician, head of a university and Vice Mayor of Marijampolė
literature
- Hans and Gertrud Mortensen : Kant's fatherly ancestors and their environment, speech from 1952 in the yearbook of the Albertus University in Königsberg / Pr., Holzner-Verlag Kitzingen / Main 1953 vol. 3
- Johannes Sembritzki: History of the Memel district, Memel 1918
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amatų gatvė, Klaipėdos gatvė (even house numbers), Lietuvininkų gatvė, Minijos gatvė, Naujoji gatvė, Parko gatvė, Sodų gatvė, Vingio gatvė and Žalgirio gatvė (even house numbers).
- ↑ Klaipėdos gatvė (odd house numbers), Liepų gatvė, Pamarių gatvė, Pušų gatvė, Slėnio gatvė, Turgaus gatvė, Žalgirio gatvė (odd house numbers) and Žvejų gatvė.