Reichsstrasse 138
The National Highway 138 ( R 138 ) was to 1945, a state road of the German Reich . In East Prussia it led from Reichsstrasse 1 near Taplacken in a northerly direction to Tilsit and from 1939 beyond to the Memelland on the border with the Lithuanian SSR . The total length was 85 kilometers.
Today the route of the former R 138 runs through two countries: Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast ) and Lithuania ( Tauragė District ). The traffic is taken over by the roads A216 (Russia) and Magistralinis kelias A12 in Lithuania, which here form part of the European route 77 and the Via Hanseatica .
Route of the R 138
A 216 / / Via Hanseatica :
East Prussia Province (today: Kaliningrad Oblast ):
Wehlau district (today Gwardeisk Rajon ( Tapiau district )):
- Taplacken (Talpaki) (connection: Reichsstraße 1 )
- Old Ilischken (Divnoje)
~ Auergraben (Torfjanka) ~
- Great Schirrau (Dalneje)
Labiau County (now Polessk Raion ( Labiau County)):
- Paschwentschen (1938–1946: Wittenrode , today Dalneje (2))
- Bit tendons (1938–1946: Biehnendorf , today Jagodnoje)
~ Rosengraben (Wyssokowka) ~
District Niederung (1939–45: District Elchniederung ) (today: Rajon Slawsk (District Heinrichswalde )):
- Groß Skaisgirren (1938–46: Kreuzingen , today Bolschakowo) (connection: Reichsstraße 126 and Reichsstraße 137 )
- Klein Girratischken (1938–46: Gronwalde , today Krasnosnamenskoje)
- Groß Wingsnupönen (1938–46: Großwingen, today Obrutschewo )
- Schillkojen (1938–46: Auerfließ , today Schepetowka)
- Sandlauken (1938–46: Sandfelde , today Nowokolchosnoje)
- New Argeningken (1938–46: Argenbrück , today Nowokolchosnoje)
Tilsit district :
- Tilsit (Sowetsk) (connection: Reichsstraße 132 )
~ Memel (Russian: Neman, lit.Nemunas) ~
o today's Russian-Lithuanian border o
A 12 / / Via Hanseatica :
(Today's Tauragė ( Tauroggen ) district):
District of Pogegen (1939–45: District of Tilsit-Ragnit , today District of Pagėgiai):
- Übermemel ( Panemunė )
- Lauksargen ( Lauksargiai )
o until 1939: German-Lithuanian border o
(→ Tauragė ( Tauroggen ))