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Memel, a name derived from the Couronian-Latvian memelis, mimelis, mēms for "mute, silent", may refer to: Memel, East Prussia, Germany, now Klaipėda, Lithuania Memelburg, (Klaipėda Castle), the Ordensburg in Memel, a castle built in 1252 by Teutonic Knights which was the nucleus for the city Memel Territory (Klaipėda Region), (German: Memelland), the area separated from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, later called Klaipėda Region Battle of Memel (disambiguation) Neman (German: Memel), part of a river in East Prussia, Germany, mentioned in the Deutschlandlied (1841) as the eastern border of Germany Nemunėlis River (German: Memele, Latvian: Mēmele) in northern Lithuania and southern Latvia Memel, Free State, a village in the Free State Province of South Africa SS Memel, a German cargo ship in service 1934–1945 The indigenous name of Goat Island, New South Wales, Australia