Tilsit

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Tilsit means:

  • derived from:
    • the district of Tilsit (until 1896 only "Kreis Tilsit"), was from 1818 to 1922 a district in the administrative district of Gumbinnen in East Prussia
    • the district of Tilsit-Ragnit , district area between 1922 and 1945 in the administrative district of Gumbinnen, East Prussia province
    • the Peace of Tilsit , which ended France's war with Prussia and Russia in July 1807
    • the Tilsiter , semi-hard cheese named after the city