 The suburb was given the name "Übermemel", which means "over the Memel river" in German.French administered the area pursuant to the Treaty of Versailles, establishing the League of Nations mandate of Memel/Klaipėda.In 1923 the newly emerged nation of Lithuania annexed the Memelland after the Klaipėda Revolt and Übermemel was given the name "Panemunė".