Claim: Šilutė (Heydekrug), a city in the south of the Klaipėda County, Lithuania, was a gathering place for peasants from nearby Samogitia and Curonian and Prussian fishermen from Rusnė, Karklė, Nida, and Lesnoye, and a famous fish market opened there almost 500 years ago.
Evidence: Šilutė (pronunciation (help·), previously Šilokarčiama, German: Heydekrug), is a city in the south of the Klaipėda County, Lithuania. The town was a gathering place for peasants from nearby Samogitia and Curonian and Prussian fishermen from Rusnė, Karklė [], Nida, and Lesnoye []. A famous fish market was opened in Šilutė almost 500 years ago, when Georg Tallat purchased the inn together with the land and fishing rights in 1511.