Memel is a name, mainly used by Germans, and both for towns and rivers. It supposedly was derived from Old Prussian language, meaning "surrounded by water". It may refer to: Memel -> Klaipėda city, formerly part of East Prussia and Germany, now as Klaipėda part of Lithuania Memelburg, the Ordensburg castle built in 1252 by Teutonic Knights which was the nucleus for the city Memel Territory (Memelland), the area separated from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, later called Klaip… (More on Memel)