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Former Šilutė Museum

Former Šilutė Museum

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Former Šilutė Museum

Name: Former Šilutė Museum
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Location: Klaipeda County, Lithuania

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Cornelia Fuchs

July 30, 2025

At the end of the 19th century, a well-known master builder of the time, H. Fydler (Fiedler), built this house for his family. However, the property was officially registered in his wife Helene Fydler’s (Fiedler’s) name. Later, the building was bought by a horse trader named Adalbert Rittens. He specialized in buying Trakehner and Žemaitukai horses – the former were sold to the military, while the latter were exported to Western Europe. Rittens was also known for a scandalous deal in which he allegedly agreed to give up his wife to the director of the Traksėdžiai peat factory, M. Kubilius, in exchange for 50,000 litas.

After the war, in 1949, a local history museum was established in this building. It displayed items rescued from the plundered museum of Hugo Scheu Manor. Before 1944, Šilutė only had this private museum, founded by manor owner Hugo Scheu, located in two rooms of the manor.

The museum remained in this house for over 65 years. In 2015, it was moved to the newly restored buildings of the Šilutė Hugo Scheu Manor.

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