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MEMEL FREE STATE

Memel was laid out in 1911 and attained municipal status in 1917. Presumably named after Memel in western Lithuania.

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Dutch Reformed Church

  • Dutch Reformed Church – This church was inaugurated on 24 October 1925. The architect was Francois Hesse.

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Burgher monument

  • This monument commemorates the burghers who fell at at Doornberg, Winburg district and and another in 1914 - The Rebellion agaist the War.

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Post office

  • Post office – Erected in 1935

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Memel hotel

  • Memel hotel – circa 1935

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Memel museum

  • Memel museum – circa 1935

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Shop Front

  • Shop adjacent to the Memel hotel – circa 1935

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