Nemirseta

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Nemirseta (German: Nimmersatt) is a part of the Lithuanian seaside resort Palanga on the Baltic coast north of Klaipėda.

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Map of East Prussia, with Nimmersatt at its northernmost tip

The place, which consists mainly of two deserted buildings which lost their purpose as border check point, is notable for having marked for centuries the northernmost point of German Ostsiedlung settlements. After the Teutonic Knights had conquered the area from the local Baltic pagans in the 13th century, the Treaty of Melno of 1422 fixed the borders of the monastic state to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Kingdom of Poland. Later, the Teutonic state became Prussia, and after the German unification in 1871 it became the northernmost town of the German Empire. Schoolchildren were taught the riddle "Nimmersatt, wo das Reich sein Ende hat“, which means "Nimmersatt, where the Empire ends". Nimmersatt consisted mostly of two buildings, providing shelter for border control personnel and travellers from and to Imperial Russias Lithuanian provinces.

A part of East Prussia until after World War I, it was with the Memelland area separated from Germany and controlled by French forces until after the Klaipėda revolt, when it was annexed by Lithuania, from 1923 to early 1939. Since 1945, it became again part of Lithuania. The place, now called Nemirseta, lost its meaning with the border of Germany.