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Lithuania Minor

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Lithuania Minor

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ethnographic region in Lithuania, Russia and Poland

Key facts

Countries
Lithuania , Russia
Capital
Šilutė
Largest city
Klaipėda
Total
2,848 km (1,100 sq mi)
Density
49.74/km (128.8/sq mi)
Demonyms
Prussian Lithuanian ( English ) lietuvininkas ( masc ) and, lietuvininkė ( fem ) ( Lithuanian )
Time zone
UTC2 (CET (GMT +2))

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
cultural region
Part of
Prussia
Country
Lithuania
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Quite summer evening in the port city Klaipeda.jpg
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Lithuania Minor
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Encyclopedic overview

Lithuania Minor or Prussian Lithuania is a historical region divided between Lithuania and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, and one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. It is a subregion of Prussia, where Prussian Lithuanians (or Lietuvininkai) lived, and got its name from the territory's substantial Lithuanian-speaking population.

Prior to the invasion of the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century, the main part of the territory later known as Lithuania Minor was inhabited by the tribes of Skalvians and Nadruvians. The land depopulated during the incessant war between Lithuania and the Teutonic Order. The war ended with the Treaty of Melno and the land was repopulated by Lithuanian newcomers, returning refugees, and the remaining indigenous Baltic peoples; the term Lithuania Minor appeared for the first time between 1517 and 1526.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lithuania Minor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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