Simon Dach Fountain and Ännchen von Tharau Monument, Klaipėda

Klaipeda, the former East Prussian Memel, founded by German crusaders, is the seaport of Lithuania with approximately 200,000 inhabitants. The former old town and the buildings at the small old port of the Dane near its confluence with the Curonian Spit have been well restored and worth seeing in recent years, in particular the theater and the fountain honoring the poet Simon Dach with the figure of the man of Tharau he sang about (.

Klaipeda has a few old half-timbered houses, nice to look at, as well as a market hall.

Aennchen von Tharau monument
"Ännchen von Tharau" is the title of a folk song from East Prussia. In this song, the Tharau pastor's daughter Anna is sung about. The Simon Dach fountain and the Ännchen von Tharau monument are among the landmarks of Klaipeda.