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Mettkeim is entered in our 1870 German gazetteer so I was able to track
it down.  It is located at 54:45N 20:51E and is found as Mettkeim on
sheet 30, Labiau, of the Karte des Deutschen Reiches 1:100,000 (at 38:31
E of Ferro).  It is called "Mottkaym" on sheet NN 34-5 of AMS M-501, but
is not entered in the USSR gazetteer under either name.  The 1870 gazetteer
indicated that it had 200 inhabitants.
 
Chris Baruth
AGS Collection
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> A patron here is looking for the location of a town that was in
> East Prussia in about 1870.  It's Mettkeim or possibly Mettheim.
>
> We couldn't find any reference to this place in gazetteers or
> atlases covering what was then East Prussia (I believe this would
> be in today's Poland, Lithuania, and Russia).  Our collection is
> thin with respect to historical maps of Europe. Can anyone help
> with this town's location and non-German name?
>
> Thanks...
>
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