Industrialization in Germany in the 19th century was not a homogeneous process. Firstly, the industrial upheaval started and quickly permeated into the West German lands. The rail freight and the system of factories based on heavy mechanical production and hired labour started and developed there. Meanwhile, the provinces of Prussia were rather poor, even at the end of the 19th century. Talking at this point, the most behindhand was the province of the East Prussia. That slippage was mainly conditioned by poor natural resources, adverse geopolitical situation, financial deficiency, undeveloped infrastructure and other important factors. The investment was impede by the unsafe frontier with the Russian Empire, the major German trade sets could not find any serious interests there, whereas the province bourgeoisie was too conservative and tried to avoid any novelty.
One of the most sequestered and the least modernized district of the province was Klaipėda Region (Memelland), mostly determined by the specific historical development of the city of Klaipėda, which left the seaport located in very convenient spot, yet whitout any natural economical rearward. Consequently, the development of the city was rather slow (Klaipėda |
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