Lithuanian seaside resort village located on the Curonian Spit with a permanent population of about 720 people. It was for centuries a fishing village named Schwarzort, which underwent a tourist boom in the late 19th - early 20th century. Juodkrantė was first mentioned (as Schwarzort) by the Teutonic Knights [Teutonic Order] in 1429 in a letter describing storm damages. It was initially situated along the Baltic Sea shore, about 2.5 km from the present location. In the early 17th century, due to the Black Death, and moving sand dunes threatening to bury the village, it lost almost all of its inhabitants. In the 1680s, the village relocated to its present location along the Curonian Lagoon shore. Major developments took place in 1860s. In the late 1850s the lagoon waterway was deepened and now ferries could arrive. It was the easiest way to travel. In the course of the work, samples of amber were found. In 1860 the Stantien & Becker company was founded to dig amber just north of the village. During 30 years of operations, it dug out about 2,250 tonnes of amber. At its peak, the company employed about 1,000 workers. The tourist business was started in 1860s by Edward Stellmacher, who turned an old tavern house into a hotel named Kurischer Hof. Sometimes it is referred to as the "capital of fishermen" and holds annual fishermen festival in July.

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