It was always believed that the Curonian Lagoon is the delta of the Nemunas River. Western Balts and Germans called the river Nemunas Memel. Because of this, the name of the city founded close to the lagoon became Memel. Lithuanians and Samogitians called it Klaipeda, or Coloypede in Latin. In 1252 the German Teutonic Order…