# Rupkalwen, Heydekrug, East Prussia

**Historical place** (1945) — no longer exists under this name.
Renamed: [Rupkalviai, Šilutė, Lithuania](/pl/rupkalviai-silute-lithuania-22549.md)
Kreis Heydekrug (Memelland) — ceded to Lithuania in stages (1920/1923 Klaipėda Region, reincorporated by Germany 1939-1945, permanently to Lithuania/USSR from 1945); village renamed to its Lithuanian form Rupkalviai.

*Prussia*

region · 55.3280, 21.4310

## People
- [Anna Gallein](/p/anna-gallein-10716.md)

## Events
- 17 JUN 1873 — **Born**: [Anna Gallein](/p/anna-gallein-10716.md)