What became the northernmost settlement in united Germany in 1871?

uc0nnfan92

Trier-Saarburg became part of the German Empire in 1871. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier Nov 20 07, 5:43 PM

author

This part of Germany is rather in the south west. I asked for the northernmost settlement. Nov 20 07, 6:11 PM

davejacobs

How about Heligoland? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland Nov 21 07, 2:26 AM

bloomsby

Haderslev, in Denmark since 1920. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haderslev Nov 21 07, 6:17 PM

author

All of these answers are wrong. You have to look farther east. A clue: German schoolchildren were taught this riddle: ......., wo das Reich sein Ende hat.“ Another clue: This is today a village in Lithuania. Nov 21 07, 8:39 PM

author

To Bloomsby: Haderslev is not correct. Haderslev is situated at 55 degrees 15 minutes north, while Nemirseta is situated at 55 degrees 52 minutes north. Quote: Nemirseta (German: Nimmersatt) is a part of the Lithuanian seaside resort Palanga (German: Polangen) on the Baltic coast north of Klaip?da (German: Memel). It is situated in an area which the Germans called Memelland. It was a part of the East Prussia in the German Empire between 1871 and WW1. The town came to the Germans after the Treaty of Melno in 1422 between Poland-Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights. It became the northernmost settlement controlled by the Teutonic Knights. Later the area came to Prussia, and after the German unification in 1871 it became the northernmost town of the German Empire. („Nimmersatt, wo das Reich sein Ende hat“). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemirseta http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/lithuania/map/m3601535/nemirseta.html Nov 22 07, 10:35 AM

bloomsby

Yes, I forgot just how far north East Prussia extended at the time. Nimmersatt is hilarious as a place-name. :) Nov 22 07, 10:00 PM