Landkreis Heydekrug

Landkreis Heydekrug (1818–1945) was an administrative territorial entity of East Prussia, located in Lithuania Minor.

The seat was in Heydekrug (modern Šilutė). After WW1 the area became part of Memel Territory.

Since 1945 the area belonged to the Soviet Union, a Southern part to Kaliningrad Oblast, a northern part to Lithuanian SSR.

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