Königsberg was a port city on the southeastern corner of the Baltic Sea. It is today known as Kaliningrad and is part of Russia. Königsberg[a] was the historic German (Prussian) name of the city that is now …

Dec 6, 2025 · History of the Russian city of Kaliningrad, formerly the German city of Konigsberg. Detached from the rest of the country, the city is an exclave of the Russian Federation. Formerly the …

Königsberg was the name for the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement Twangste by the...

Königsberg was a port city on the south eastern corner of the Baltic Sea. It is today known as Kaliningrad and is part of Russia.

Prior to 1945 Königsberg was the cultural and economic centre in the German province of East Prussia, a region that was then cut off from the main part of Germany by a narrow strip of Polish territory and …

May 17, 2023 · Construction of the Königsberg Castle began in the 13th century. And between the 16th and 18th centuries further works were made on the building. The castle served as the residence of …

It's beeing built in the place of destroyed pagan Prussian settlement, conquered during second crusade against pagan Prussia in 1253 - 1257. The original settlement might have been established even as …

During the conquest of the Prussian Sambians by the Teutonic Knights in 1255, Twangste was destroyed and replaced with a new fortress known as Conigsberg.

Following the Second World War, it was briefly known as Kyonigsberg (Кёнигсберг), the Russified form of the original German name. It is part of the Silver Ring of cultural and historical centers of …

Sep 15, 2023 · They named it in honor of the Bohemian King Premysl Otakar. It later became part of Prussia and the German Empire. In the haunting predawn hours of August 30, 1944, East Prussia’s …