On Northern edge of the Heath in the former East Prussia Rominter is the village Kalinino (formerly Mehlkehmen or birch mill) in Rajon Nesterov in the Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia).
In Kalinino is still a fairly unusual tools from German time: a memorial to the Reich Labor Service, who has secured a few streets from 1934 to 1936. The inscription reads: "Built by the Department of RAD 6 / 12 Mehlkehmen 1934-1936.
why this memorial today near the entrance - coming from Lesistoe (formerly Nassawanen) from - as can perhaps be explained only by its inscription of the people living there today can not be deciphered. He is still under an old tree on the village street.
some information to Mehlkehmen: the place belonged to the district from 1818 to 1841 Goldap, from then until 1945 the county Stalluponen in East Prussia and from 1947 to Rajon Nesterov. In the period 1938-1945 was the place the name Germanized birch mill.
is in place, a church built in 1706, which today is only a ruin.
source include: "King's discovery: between Memel and the Vistula Lagoon" by Gunnar Strunz
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