Šešupė
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Šešupė scale, szeszuppe, scheschupe, szeszupa, soup, Шешупе |
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.png) Course of the Šešupė |
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| Water code | RU : 01010000112104300007771 | |
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Poland , Lithuania , Kaliningrad Oblast ( Russia ) |
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| River system | Memel | |
| source | near Suwałki | |
| muzzle | East of Neman (Ragnit) in the Memel Coordinates: 55 ° 3 ′ 16 " N , 22 ° 11 ′ 50" E 55 ° 3 ′ 16 " N , 22 ° 11 ′ 50" E
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| length | 297.6 km | |
| Catchment area | 6,104.8 km² | |
| Drain |
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34.2 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Sirvinta | |
| Medium-sized cities | Marijampolė | |
| Small towns | Kalvarija , Kudirkos Naumiestis , Krasnosnamensk | |
 The Szeszuppe near Krasnosnamensk (Lasdehnen / Haselberg) |
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 Bathing area at the Szeszuppe near Timofejewo (Wedereitischken / Sandkirchen) |
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 The Šešupė catchment area |
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The river Šešupė ( , German Scheschuppe or Szeszuppe / briefly "Ostfluss", occasionally also Scheschupe , formerly also soup ; Polish Szeszupa , Russian Шешупе ) rises in the extreme northeast of Poland . The Šešupė flows through a 158 km long arc Lithuania and marked by their association with the Širvinta north-flowing for 51 km the border of Lithuania with the to Russia belonging to the Kaliningrad Oblast . Shortly before meeting the Memel , however, it turns again to the west, ultimately flowing into it after another 62 km shortly before the mouth of the Jūra and about 10 km east of the city of Neman (Ragnit).
Surname
The name means "dark river". The derivation of "šeši": six (six-river) is a misinterpretation.
see. Lithuanian:
- "Šeže" = black thrush, blackbird
- "Šešuolė" = shadow
history
The Szeszuppe was a strategically important waterway during the order of the order, which was often mentioned in order reports.
Since the 15th century, the Šešupė, together with the tributaries Širvinta and Liepona, has marked one of the most stable border courses in Europe - although the neighboring states have changed despite the stable course: The border course was established between Prussia and the Teutonic Order in the west and Lithuania in the east (see Peace of Melno Sea ) - later Prussia and the German Empire bordered here on its eastern neighbor Russia, today Russia is on the western and Lithuania on the eastern side.
In the course of the National Socialist iconoclasm against geographical names that did not sound German enough in the eyes of the rulers, numerous place names with old Prussian, Lithuanian or Polish-Masurian roots were chosen arbitrarily , especially in the eastern districts of the then East Prussia province in 1938 or replaced translated German terms. When places in East Prussia were renamed in 1938 , the Šešupė was given the name East River . Most of the places along the river, including the Lasdehnen patch , which the National Socialists translated to Haselberg (from Lithuanian: lazdynas "hazel bush "), were given other names at the time, such as Krasnosnamensk in Russian (meaning roughly "red banner town") after 1945.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Šešupė in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ a b Šešupė in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)
- ↑ a b Ambrassat, August: The Province of East Prussia, a handbook of local history, 1912, reprint Weidlich, Frankfurt a. M. 1978, p. 144