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Ethnic group
The Prussian Lithuanians, or Lietuvininkai (singular: Lietuvininkas, plural: Lietuvininkai), are Lithuanians, originally Lithuanian language speakers
Prussian_Lithuanians
Lithuanian ethnographic region in former Prussia
and one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. It is a subregion of Prussia, where Prussian Lithuanians (or Lietuvininkai) lived, and got its name
Lithuania_Minor
Area of East Prussia
Minor to unite with Lithuania, but the majority of Prussian Lithuanians did not want to join with Lithuania, and the Prussian Lithuanians, at 26.6% of the
Klaipėda_Region
German state (1701–1918)
(including Kashubs in West Prussia and Mazurs in East Prussia), Prussian Lithuanians (in East Prussia), Sorbs (in Lusatia), Czechs and Moravians (in Silesia)
Kingdom_of_Prussia
Historical Baltic tribal group
north, and the Lithuanians to the northeast. The smallest social unit in the Baltic lands was the laūks, a word attested in Old Prussian as "field", which
Old_Prussians
German state from 1525 to 1947
(including Kashubs in West Prussia and Mazurs in East Prussia), Prussian Lithuanians (in East Prussia), Sorbs (in Lusatia), Czechs and Moravians (in Silesia)
Prussia
Lithuanian mythology (Lithuanian: Lietuvių mitologija) is the mythology of Lithuanian polytheism, the religion of pre-Christian Lithuanians. Like other
Lithuanian_mythology
Series of 13th-century campaigns of Roman Catholic crusaders
campaigning against the Prussians, Lithuanians and Samogitians in 1230. By the end of the century, having quelled several Prussian uprisings, the Knights
Prussian_Crusade
Historical region on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Europe
however, for the Prussian Lithuanians in Lithuania Minor, a part of the Soviet share of the former East Prussia. The government of the Lithuanian SSR followed
Prussia_(region)
Extinct and revived Western Baltic language
PRUSSIAN WRITTEN MONUMENTS. Facsimile, Transliteration, Reconstruction, Comments. / Bibliotheca Klossiana II, Universitas Vytauti Magni / Lithuanians'
Old_Prussian_language
With the emigration of many Lithuanians to overseas or the assimilation of the remaining Lithuanians and Prussian Lithuanians, who hold German citizenship
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania
Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Lithuania
have been a distinct Baltic tribe) Prussian Lithuanians or Small Lithuanians (Lietuvininkai) (they lived in Lithuania Minor, northeastern Prussia) Western
List of ancient Baltic peoples and tribes
List_of_ancient_Baltic_peoples_and_tribes
East Baltic language
Selonians than Lithuanians. In the late 12th century, Samogitians and Lithuanians formed a tribal union, which was the basis for the future Lithuanian state.
Lithuanian_language
Coastal city in Lithuania
000 (53%) of residents in Lithuania Minor (more than 90% of the deceased were Prussian Lithuanians). Following it, the Prussian authorities organized a
Klaipėda
Historic province of Prussia and Germany
November 1949 (1,401 persons) and January 1950 (7 persons). The Prussian Lithuanians also experienced the same fate. A similar fate befell the Curonians
East_Prussia
1923 Lithuania unification revolt
out. Lithuania wanted to unite with the region (part of Lithuania Minor) due to its large Lithuanian-speaking population of Prussian Lithuanians and major
Klaipėda_Revolt
13th-century revolts by Old Prussians against the Teutonic Knights
Löbau that ensued, Prussians killed 40 knights, including the Master and the Marshal. The Prussians also received help from Lithuanians and Sudovians. In
Prussian_uprisings
Baltic ethnic group
conducted in 2021, 84.6% of the population of Lithuania identified themselves as Lithuanians. Most Lithuanians belong to the Catholic Church, while the Lietuvininkai
Lithuanians
Dislike of Lithuania, its people and culture
1871, the population of Prussian Lithuanians in East Prussia started to decline even further due to Germanisation. Many Lithuanians who wanted a better life
Anti-Lithuanian_sentiment
Council of Lithuania Minor (Lithuanian: Mažosios Lietuvos tautinė taryba or Prūsų Lietuvos tautinė taryba) was a council of Prussian Lithuanians established
National Council of Lithuania Minor
National_Council_of_Lithuania_Minor
Waist purse in Lithuania Minor folk costumes
costumes from Lithuania Minor. Dalmonas is shown as a part of woman's costume 19th Century Prussian Lithuanians with national costumes 2015 Lithuanian postage
Delmonas
Baltic faiths, namely those of the Lithuanians and Latvians. Its myths and legends did not survive because the Old Prussian people became Germanized and their
Prussian_mythology
Military unit
battalion of the Prussian Army during the War of the Sixth Coalition. The name "Lithuanian" references Lithuania Minor and its Prussian Lithuanians. Ludwig Yorck
2nd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
2nd_Lithuanian_Fusilier_Reserve_Battalion
Military unit
battalion of the Prussian Army during the War of the Sixth Coalition. The name "Lithuanian" references Lithuania Minor and its Prussian Lithuanians. Ludwig Yorck
1st Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
1st_Lithuanian_Fusilier_Reserve_Battalion
political societies of Prussian Lithuanians active from 1890 to the German Revolution of 1918–19. They sought to elect Prussian Lithuanians to the German Reichstag
Lithuanian Conservative Election Societies
Lithuanian_Conservative_Election_Societies
Low Prussian dialect
subdialect were Prussian Lithuanians. Eastern Low Prussian had borders with Ostsamländisch, Natangian, and Standard German. Lithuanian language was spoken
Eastern_Low_Prussian
Military unit
battalion of the Prussian Army during the War of the Sixth Coalition. The name "Lithuanian" references Lithuania Minor and its Prussian Lithuanians. Ludwig Yorck
3rd Lithuanian Fusilier Reserve Battalion
3rd_Lithuanian_Fusilier_Reserve_Battalion
Prussian Lithuanian activist (1861–1938)
was a Prussian Lithuanian activist. Strėkys made a living as a farmer, but he was active in the political and cultural life of Prussian Lithuanians. He
Jurgis_Strėkys
Prussia became a secular Protestant state. So Prussian Lithuanians became Protestants (Lutherans), while Lithuanians in G.D.L. stayed Catholics. The next point
History_of_Lithuanian_culture
Exclave of Russia bounded by Poland, Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea
In 1577, the Duke of Prussia forbade serfs—who were mostly Old Prussians, Lithuanians, and Masurians—to leave the land that was the property of the German
Kaliningrad_Oblast
Lutheran priest and Prussian Lithuanian activist (1870–1945)
Gemeinschaftsbewegung [de] (Community Movement) among Prussian Lithuanians and the first Lithuanian-language work on poet Kristijonas Donelaitis. Born on
Vilius_Gaigalaitis
Dialect used in the East of Prussia
loans [lt; lv] was Lithuanian. After the migration of Lithuanians in the 15th century, many Lithuanian loanwords appeared in the Low Prussian dialect. The writer
Low_Prussian_dialect
Ethical code associated with Prussian society
there were Slavic (Polish, Sorbian, and Kashubian) and Baltic (Prussian Lithuanians and Curonians) minorities, and a significant minority of the population
Prussian_virtues
Prussian Lithuanians and Lithuanians. On 16 November 1918, the activists' committee convened a conference of representatives of Prussian Lithuanians in
Act_of_Tilsit
Territory of Poland–Lithuania acquired by Prussia during the Partitions of Poland
The Prussian Partition (Polish: Zabór pruski), or Prussian Poland, is the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth acquired during the
Prussian_Partition
Prussian-Lithuanian teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and writer
a Prussian-Lithuanian teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian writer, a leader of the Prussian Lithuanian national movement in Lithuania Minor
Vydūnas
Country in Northern Europe
Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians are the titular nation, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts, and speak Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern
Lithuania
Ethnic group
residents called the Kursenieki "fascists", while Lithuanians called them kuršiai. Neither Lithuania nor Russia have allowed the return to Kursenieki of
Kursenieki
Historic German city, now Kaliningrad, Russia
German colonists and indigenous Prussians, from the 14th century also by Poles, and from the 15th century also by Lithuanians. Within the State of the Teutonic
Königsberg
Medieval East Baltic tribe
The Lithuanians or Old Lithuanians (Latin: Letwini;:33 Low German: Lettowen; Old East Slavic: Литъва, Литва; Old Swedish: lättugha; modern Lithuanian: senlietuviai)
Lithuanians_(tribe)
country. The majority of Prussian Lithuanians living in East Prussia and in Memelland (since 1945 the Klaipėda Region of Lithuania) belonged to the Evangelical
Religion_in_Lithuania
Former Lutheran church in Lithuania
1757 and in it Protestant liturgy were held also in Lithuanian language for Prussian Lithuanians. The church was burned down during the World War II and
Lithuanian_Church,_Sovetsk
was destroyed by a miller in 1811. Rambynas became popular with Prussian Lithuanians at the end of the 19th century who organized various events, most
Rambynas
13th–15th century military campaigns by the Teutonic Order
Christian missionaries with the Lithuanians occurred in 1185, when Saint Meinhard was attacked by the Lithuanians. Lithuanian troops were also supporting
Lithuanian_Crusade
1793 division of Poland–Lithuania
that it was forced into an alliance with its enemy, Prussia. The Polish-Prussian Pact of 1790 was signed, giving false hope that the Commonwealth might
Second_Partition_of_Poland
Military unit
was a dragoon regiment of the Royal Prussian Army, which recruited heavily among the Prussian Lithuanians of Lithuania Minor. The regiment was formed in
1st Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment
1st_Lithuanian_Dragoon_Regiment
Prussian Lithuanian cultural and political activist
first of the Lithuanian Conservative Election Societies that sought to elect Prussian Lithuanians to the German Reichstag and Prussian Landtag. Zaunius
Dovas_Zaunius_(senior)
15th-century war in Northern Europe
Poles or Lithuanians to attack first and sent two swords, known as Grunwald Swords, to "assist Jogaila and Vytautas in battle". Lithuanians attacked first
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic_War
Topics referred to by the same term
the aftermath of his victory at Friedland Act of Tilsit, an act by Prussian Lithuanians signed in 1918 Tilsit, Missouri, a community in the United States
Tilsit_(disambiguation)
Former Lutheran church in Lithuania
1856. The church was attended by the Prussian Lithuanians (Lietuvininkai) and had a long-term history of Lithuanian-speaking priests. Near the church there
Church_of_St._Jacob,_Klaipėda
National anthem of Germany
around the Neman was not homogeneously German, but also accommodated Prussian Lithuanians. If the Meuse is taken as referencing the Duchy of Limburg, nominally
Deutschlandlied
Lithuanian-language newspaper published for Prussian Lithuanians
Ceitunga (literally: Lithuanian Newspaper) was an influential Lithuanian-language newspaper published for Prussian Lithuanians, an ethnic minority of
Lietuwißka_Ceitunga
Historical state (1525–1701)
There was little longing for Roman Catholicism. Baltic Old Prussians and Prussian Lithuanian peasants continued to practice pagan customs in some areas
Duchy_of_Prussia
Branch of Baltic languages
branches of Baltic languages, along with East Baltic. It includes Old Prussian, Sudovian, West Galindian, possibly Pomeranian Baltic, Skalvian and Old
West_Baltic_languages
Leader of the Great Prussian Uprising
Hercus; Old Prussian: Erks Mānts; Lithuanian: Herkus Mantas; Latin: Henricus Montemin)(d.1274) was the most famous leader of the Great Prussian Uprising
Herkus_Monte
Baltic sky-god
Lithuanian Dievas, Latvian Dievs and Debestēvs ("Sky-Father"), Latgalian Dīvs, Old Prussian Diews, and Yotvingian Deivas was the primordial supreme god
Dievas
Prussian Lithuanian landowner and soldier
societies. Sometimes described as the first Lithuanian political party, its goal was to elect Prussian Lithuanians to the Reichstag and the Landtag of Prussia
Jonas_Smalakys
Sovereign state consisting primarily of a city and its territory
Germany or not. The then predominantly ethnic German Memel Territory (Prussian Lithuanians and Memellanders constituted the other ethnic groups), situated between
City-state
Grėtė (Grete), Vilius (Wilhelm) among Prussian Lithuanians. Some of them are still in use among Lithuanians. The choice of a given name is influenced
Lithuanian_name
1422 treaty ending the Gollub War
the Knights and Lithuania regarding Lithuania Minor and Samogitia, which had dragged on since 1382, and determined the Prussian–Lithuanian border, which
Treaty_of_Melno
Nazi-era replacement of toponyms in East Prussia
initiated by Adolf Hitler. Most of the names affected were of Old Prussian, Lithuanian and Polish origin; they were either eliminated, Germanized, or simplified
1938 changing of place names in East Prussia
1938_changing_of_place_names_in_East_Prussia
Magyla - Prussian Lithuanian Gabjauja (Gabvartas) Polish-Lithuanian historian Teodor Narbutt wrote the ten-volume work History of the Lithuanian Nation
List of Lithuanian gods and mythological figures
List_of_Lithuanian_gods_and_mythological_figures
Prussian Lithuanian activist
political activities of Prussian Lithuanians. In 1892 and 1896, he collected signatures on petitions to allow the Lithuanian language in local schools
Kristupas_Lekšas
Ethnic group
the crusades against Prussians and Lithuanians. It was repopulated by bringing colonists from Germany and Lithuania (see Lithuania Minor). Therefore, it
Nadruvians
1914–15 war crimes by Russian Empire
Lithuanians established a relief society that specifically focused on the deportees and particularly on the Lithuanian-speaking Prussian Lithuanians.
Deportations from East Prussia during World War I
Deportations_from_East_Prussia_during_World_War_I
Alleged pagan temple in Prussia
the Kriwe as a powerful priest who was held in high regard by the Prussians, Lithuanians, and Balts of Livonia. His messengers were recognized by a certain
Romuva_(temple)
Baltic god of thunder
Perkūnas (Lithuanian: Perkūnas, Latvian: Pērkons, Prussian: Perkūns, Perkunos, Sudovian: Parkuns, Latgalian: Pārkiuņs) was the common Baltic god of thunder
Perkūnas
Spread of the German language, people and culture
Government backing. Prussian Lithuanians experienced similar policies of Germanisation restarting from the 15th century. Although ethnic Lithuanians had constituted
Germanisation
the Lithuanian Americans in the United States. Some publications published in Prussia were intended for Prussian Lithuanians, the local Lithuanian-speaking
List of Lithuanian-language periodicals (up to 1904)
List_of_Lithuanian-language_periodicals_(up_to_1904)
German street children in East Prussia at the end of World War II
Wolfskinder, Lithuanian: vilko vaikai, Russian: дети-волчата) or Little Germans (Lithuanian: vokietukai) were German and Prussian Lithuanian street children
Wolf_children
Prussian Lithuanian cultural society
The Birutė Society was the first cultural non-religious society of Prussian Lithuanians. Established in 1885 in Tilsit, East Prussia (present-day Sovetsk)
Birutė_Society
Period of the history of Lithuania
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth). It was expressed by the rise of self-determination of the Lithuanians that led to the formation of the modern Lithuanian nation
Lithuanian_National_Revival
1920. Initially all of its members were German. After Lithuanian protests, two Prussian Lithuanians, Simonaitis and Mikelis Reidys, were admitted to the
Erdmonas_Simonaitis
feature represents the Prussian Lithuanians and is not common to other ethnographic regions of Lithuania. In 2019 Delmonai of Lithuania Minor were inscribed
National_symbols_of_Lithuania
Category of autochthonous religious movements
movements which have revitalised within the Baltic people (primarily Lithuanians and Latvians). These movements trace their origins back to the 19th century
Baltic_neopaganism
Railway line in German Empire
The Prussian Eastern Railway (German: Preußische Ostbahn) was a railway in the Kingdom of Prussia and later Germany until 1918. Its main route, approximately
Prussian_Eastern_Railway
Prussian-Lithuanian printer, social activist and publisher
30 May 1993) was a Prussian-Lithuanian printer, social activist and publisher in East Prussia, called the Patriarch of Lithuania Minor. He was one of
Martynas_Jankus
revolutions of 1848–1849, liberals started publishing Lithuanian texts targeting Prussian Lithuanians. These included the short-lived periodicals Lietuviškas
Keleivis
1410 battle of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War
against the Lithuanians. The order, which was the first to organize their army for the battle, hoped to provoke the Poles or Lithuanians into attacking
Battle_of_Grunwald
Group of peoples in northern Europe
are modern-day Lithuanians (including Samogitians) and Latvians (including Latgalians) — all East Balts — as well as the Old Prussians, Curonians, Sudovians
Balts
Baltic solar goddess
cosmogony Baltic mythology Lithuanian mythology Prussian mythology Latvian mythology List of solar deities List of Lithuanian gods and mythological figures
Saulė
Saule (Latvian and Lithuanian 'sun') and Saules meita (Latvian 'Sun's daughter'). Latvian mythology Lithuanian mythology Prussian mythology Celestial
Baltic_mythology
Lithuanian-language patriotic and sentimental poem
replaces Lietuvininkai with Lietuviai (Lithuanians), was proposed to become the National Anthem of Lithuania after Lithuania established its nation state in
Lietuvininkai_we_are_born
Medieval military order
over Lithuania in the Battle of Rudau. Warfare between the Order and the Lithuanians was particularly brutal. It was common practice for Lithuanians to
Teutonic_Order
Carl Pruss (1818–1886) was a Prussian Lithuanian teacher and businessman. He is the earliest reliably known ancestor of the Pruss family most notable
Carl_Pruss
1794 Polish–Lithuanian uprising against Russia and Prussia
the Russian and Prussian influence on the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland–Lithuania and the Prussian partition in 1794
Kościuszko_Uprising
Surname list
Kristupas is the Lithuanian form of the name Christopher. Notable people with the name include: Kristupas Lekšas (1872–1941), Prussian Lithuanian activist Kristupas
Kristupas
European state (c. 1236–1795)
was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania. The state was founded by Lithuanians, who were at the time a polytheistic nation of several
Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania
German emigrants and their descendants
minority). those from Lithuania: Prussian-Lithuanians and Baltic Germans. Baltic Germans of Latvia and Estonia, Prussian-Polonians, Prussian Latvians, and ethnic
German_diaspora
Baltic goddess of fate
Laima was used to judge the Lithuanian religion as fatalistic. For example, in 1837 Manfred Tietz wrote that, because Lithuanians believed in the determined
Laima
Lithuanian goddess
Indo-European cosmogony Baltic mythology Prussian mythology Lithuanian mythology Semele Māra List of Lithuanian gods and mythological figures Laurinkiene
Žemyna
Old Prussian and Yotvingian lands, which were both Balts, just as the Lithuanians. The Duke of Masovia Konrad I of Masovia, together with the Prussian bishop
Polish–Lithuanian Wars (13th–14th centuries)
Polish–Lithuanian_Wars_(13th–14th_centuries)
published original texts about local issues of Prussian Lithuanians, such as the status of the Lithuanian language, emigration to the United States, children's
Nusidavimai apie evangelijos prasiplatinimą tarp žydų ir pagonių
Nusidavimai_apie_evangelijos_prasiplatinimą_tarp_žydų_ir_pagonių
Historical Baltic people
were closely tied to the Old Prussians. The linguist Petras Būtėnas once asserted that they were closest to the Lithuanians. The Yotvingians contributed
Yotvingians
Branch of the Indo-European language family
of properties from Proto-Baltic. Although related, Lithuanian, Latvian, and particularly Old Prussian have lexicons that differ substantially from one another
Baltic_languages
Prussian mythological gods
Patollum, Patolli, Patolen)) were gods in the pagan Prussian mythology who were worshiped by the Old Prussians. Most researchers believe that, despite varying
Peckols
Executive branch of government of a region of Lithuania (1920–1939)
members were German, which caused protests among the Prussian Lithuanian activists. Two Lithuanians, Erdmonas Simonaitis and Mikelis Reidys, were co-opted
Directorate of the Klaipėda Region
Directorate_of_the_Klaipėda_Region
back to 1009 AD. Lithuanians, one of the Baltic peoples, later conquered neighbouring lands and established the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th century
History_of_Lithuania
Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor (1714–1780)
January 1714 – 18 February 1780) was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of
Kristijonas_Donelaitis
1326 chronicle of the Teutonic Order
major source for information on the Order's battles with Old Prussians and Lithuanians. The chronicle is written in Latin and consists of four volumes
Chronicon_terrae_Prussiae
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