* 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia.

The protracted period of war between the Lithuanians and the Teutonic Knights was ended on 12 October 1398 by the Treaty of Salynas, named after the islet in the Neman River where it was signed.

Memel is the name for both a town and a river ( the same river in the neighboring country has the name Nemunas / Neman River and Njemen in Russia ).

* Neman River ( German Memel ), part of a river in East Prussia, Germany, mentioned in the Deutschlandlied ( 1841 ) as the eastern border of Germany

It is located on the Neman River, close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania ( about 20 km and 30 km away respectively ).

The following rivers flow through the city: the Neman River, the Łasasianka River and the Haradničanka River with its branch the Jurysdyka River.

It lies on the Neman River.

On August 16, Polish forces commanded by Józef Piłsudski counterattacked from the south, disrupting the enemy's offensive, forcing the Russian forces into a disorganised withdrawal eastward and behind the Neman River.

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Neman River near Alytus

The Neman River basin was formed during the Quaternary period, and is located roughly along the edge of the last glacial sheet, dating from about 25, 000 – 22, 000 years BP ( before present ).

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Druskininkai (, see also other names ) is a spa town on the Neman River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland.

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In early March 1919, Polish units started an offensive, crossing the Neman River, taking Pinsk, and reaching the outskirts of Lida.

The Grande Armée, consisting of as many as 650, 000 men ( roughly half of whom were French, with the remainder coming from allies or subject areas ), crossed the Neman River on 23 June 1812.

It was basically a modification of " Hymans ' plan ", with the difference that the Klaipėda Region ( the area in East Prussia north of the Neman River ) was to be incorporated into Lithuania in exchange for granting certain level of internal autonomy to the Central Lithuania.

Instead, on hearing that Empress Elizabeth had suffered a severe relapse in health, Apraksin crossed the Neman River and returned to Russia, intending to support the heir to the throne ( the future Peter III of Russia, who represented the interests of Frederick II of Prussia ) in the event of the Empress's death.

The town of Augustów, located on a canal ( 65 mi ) connecting the Vistula with the Neman River, was also known as Augustowo, wrote Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition ( 1911 ).

* Neman River, a major river in Eastern Europe

The substratum of Prussian Lithuanian population comprised mostly ethnic Baltic tribes – local ( Old Prussians – Sambians, north Bartians, Natangians ; either probably formerly Lithuanized or Prussian Scalovians and Nadruvians ; Sudovians, some Curonians ) and neighbouring ( newcomers, including returning refugees, from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Lithuanians from the right side of the middle reaches of the Neman or Suvalkija, Samogitians, Sudovians, Prussians etc .).

Instead, the Red Army organised its last stand in the city and the Battle of Neman took place there.

The church was built before 1183 and survived intact until 1853, when the south wall collapsed, due to its perilous location on the high bank of the Neman.

Eventually, its waters, via the Neris's drainage into the Neman River, flow into the Baltic Sea.

It is on the right-hand shore of the Neman River at its confluence with the tributaries Mituva and Imsre.

On January 12 Soviet High Command declared the goal of its " Target Vistula " operation: deep scouting towards Neman River.

Because its publication was illegal in Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, it was printed in Tilsit ( current Sovetsk ) and Ragnit ( current Neman ) in German East Prussia and smuggled into Lithuania by the knygnešiai ( book smugglers ).

Because of its good geographical location ( Neman River, direct route to Trakai ), Punia became a local center.

* The Neman has about 105 first-class tributaries, the largest being the rivers Neris ( Viliya ) ( 510 km / 317 miles ), the Shchara ( 325 km / 202 miles ), and the Šešupė ( 298 km / 185 miles ).

* In the Neman basin there are tributaries extending to the 11th order.

Also, in the Irish books of genealogy, both Fea and Neman are said to have been the two daughters of Elcmar of the Brugh ( Newgrange, near the Boyne ), who was the son of Delbaeth, son of Ogma, son of Elatan, and the wives of Neid son of Indae.

The variant forms in which her name appears in Irish texts are Nemon ~ Nemain ~ Neman.

For example, in Lithuania two regions are distinguished: southern ( under influence of the Neman culture ) and western ( with major settlements found in Šventoji ).

Occasionally other venues were also used: Molodechno City Stadium in May 1996 ( friendly against Azerbaijan ), Vitebsky Central Sport Complex in Vitebsk in November 2005 ( friendly against Latvia ), Central Stadion in Gomel in October 2007 ( Euro 2008 qualifying match against Luxembourg ), Neman Stadium in Grodno June 2009 ( 2010 World Cup qualifier against Andorra ), Borisov City Stadium just a few days later ( friendly against Moldova ) and Regional Sport Complex Brestskiy in Brest in October 2009 ( another 2010 World Cup quallifier against Kazakhstan ).

The stronghold was called Landeshut, but the name did not become popular and the name Ragnit after the local river, a tributary of the Memel ( outside of Prussia called Neman ), continued to be used.

In 1209, Christian was commissioned by the Pope to be responsible for the Prussian missions between the Vistula and Neman Rivers and in 1212 he was appointed bishop.

Black Ruthenia, Black Rus and Black Russia-all variant conventional terms-identified a region around Navahrudak ( Novgorodok ), in the western part of contemporary Belarus on the upper reaches of the Neman River for the time period between the 13th and 14th centuries.

The presence of the Neman river, also possibly the forests in Sudovia, Karšuva afforded the most economical variant for the defensive fortifications.

Vytenis is mentioned for the last time in September 1315 during the unsuccessful Siege of Christmemel, the first castle built by the Teutonic Knights on the right bank of the Neman River.

Acting as the armored spearhead for Army Group North in the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa, it crossed the River Neman, where the XLI Panzer Corps was counter-attacked by 300 Soviet Tanks near Raseiniai.

The Knights, who took a defensive position, did not expect a joint attack and were preparing for a dual invasion – by the Poles along the Vistula River towards Danzig ( Gdańsk ) and by the Lithuanians along the Neman River towards Ragnit ( Neman ).