Priekulė (pronunciationⓘ, German: Prökuls)[1] is a small town in Klaipėda District Municipality, in western Lithuania.

It was a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as a fief of Poland, held by the Teutonic Knights[3] and secular Ducal Prussia.

[citation needed] In the course of the German revolutions on March 29, 1848, the local judiciary was demolished, the tax collector was mistreated and the pub was looted.

Under German occupation during World War II, it was the location of the Oflag 63 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers.

Estates of the forefathers of philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) were located in Kantvainai [lt] (Kantweinen) in the vicinity of Priekulė.