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The concept of contemporary identity guides to exclusiveness of culture's role and history as well. Queen Luisa is not only an attractive symbol while talking about fatal period for Europe and Prussia in the years 1806-1815, but also interesting is her personality while looking for parallels between identities of Memel (Klaipėda), the small province town of the German empire, and Klaipėda, the largest contemporary Western Lithuanian city. Present inhabitants of Klaipėda pay a lot of attention to Queen Luisa's merits for development of education and culture in the city and in the region. The fact that in newest discussions about Klaipeda's vision of cultural politics, the need to integrate cultural heritage into consciousness of citizens and formation of identity is highlighted, testifies about signs of new quality in region's identity structure of Western Lithuania. Research is based on historical sources and literature.

The concept of contemporary identity guides to exclusiveness of culture's role and history as well. Queen Luisa is not only an attractive symbol while talking about fatal period for Europe and Prussia in the years 1806-1815, but also interesting is her personality while looking for parallels between identities of Memel (Klaipėda), the small province town of the German empire, and Klaipėda, the largest contemporary Western Lithuanian city. Present inhabitants of Klaipėda pay a lot of attention to Queen Luisa's merits for development of education and culture in the city and in the region. The fact that in newest discussions about Klaipeda's vision of cultural politics, the need to integrate cultural heritage into consciousness of citizens and formation of identity is highlighted, testifies about signs of new quality in region's identity structure of Western Lithuania. Research is based on historical sources and literature.

The aim of the article is to discuss the identity of the elites in Lithuania Minor. The analysis of the elite's identity is developed in the context of Prussian system of education. The author argues that the schools played an important role in the development of the self-consiousness of the group and suggests that the tension between traditional and pragmatist outlooks is defining of their idendity.

The aim of the article is to discuss the identity of the elites in Lithuania Minor. The analysis of the elite's identity is developed in the context of Prussian system of education. The author argues that the schools played an important role in the development of the self-consiousness of the group and suggests that the tension between traditional and pragmatist outlooks is defining of their idendity. ; Moderniojoje istoriografijoje elito klausimai susilaukia vis didesnio dėmesio. Mažosios Lietuvos istoriniuose tyrinėjimuose elito problema beveik nesvarstoma, todėl, pasitelkus kultūros diskursą, straipsnyje siekiama akcentuoti tiek pačios problemos aktualumą, tiek esminius veiksnius, dariusius įtaką šio elito identiteto raidai. Dėmesys sutelkiamas į Prūsijos švietimo sistemą, ypač Tilžės ir Klaipėdos gimnazijų vaidmenį formuojantis Mažosios Lietuvos elitui. Aptariamosios temos kontekste nagrinėjami ir lietuvininkų pasaulėžiūros aspektai, susiję su šiai etninei grupei būdingomis nuostatomis švietimo klausimais, eksplikuojant surinkimininkų kategoriškai neigiamą požiūrį į išsilavinimą kaip tam tikrą barjerą formuojantis elitui. Mažosios Lietuvos elito ir prūsiškosios švietimo sistemos koreliacijos analizė rodo, jog mokyklos buvo svarbus veiksnys formuojantis lietuvininkų elito tipui, kuriam būdingas politinis amorfiškumas, kompromisinė laikysena, nuolatinio blaškymosi tarp tradicijos ir pragmatizmo sindromas.