Memel

Memel, a name derived from the Couronian-Latvian memelis, mimelis, mēms for "mute, silent", may refer to:

• Memel, East Prussia, Germany, now Klaipėda, Lithuania
  • Memelburg, the Ordensburg in Memel, a 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 Klaipėda Region
  • Battle of Memel (disambiguation)
• Neman River (German Memel), part of a river in East Prussia, Germany, mentioned in the Deutschlandlied (1841) as the eastern border of Germany
• Nemunėlis River (German Memele, Latvian Mēmele) in northern Lithuania and southern Latvia
• Memel, Free State, a village in the Free State Province of South Africa
• SS Memel, a German cargo ship in service 1934–1945
• The indigenous name of Goat Island, New South Wales, Australia