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Königsberg (/ ˈ k ɜː n ɪ ɡ z ˌ b ɜːr ɡ /; German: [ˈkøːnɪçsbɛʁk] ⓘ, lit. ' King's mountain ', Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian: Karaliaučius, Baltic Prussian: Kunnegsgarbs, Russian: Кёнигсберг, romanized: Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.
Modern map of Kaliningrad. Locations of the remaining bridges are highlighted in green, while those destroyed are highlighted in red. In this picture of the Königsberg Cathedral, the bridge on the right is one of the two surviving bridges from Euler's time. Two of the seven original bridges did not survive the bombing of Königsberg in World ...
Königsberg remained the coronation city of the Prussian monarchy, though the capital was moved to Berlin in 1701. From 1454 to 1455, the city under the name of Królewiec belonged to the Kingdom of Poland, and from 1466 to 1657 it was a Polish fief. Königsberg was the easternmost large city in Germany until World War II.
A map of the Old Prussian tribes after the subjugation by the Teutonic Order in the 13th century. The indicated towns feature Teutonic fortifications or castles, built to facilitate the conquest. A translation of catechisms into Old Prussian published in 1545 in Königsberg
The King's Gate in 2017. The King's Gate (Russian: Королевские ворота, tr.: Korolevskie vorota, German: Königstor) is one of the former six gates that were built during the 19th century around Kaliningrad (the former German city of Königsberg).
The Königsberg fortifications became largely obsolete even before the completion of construction due to the rapid development of artillery. [2] Following the military setbacks of Nazi Germany , however, they became strategically important again (particularly during the East Prussian Offensive ).
Friedrichsburg is situated in the western Pregel in this map of Königsberg from 1905. Fort Friedrichsburg in modern Kaliningrad. Fort Friedrichsburg or Feste Friedrichsburg was a fort in Königsberg, Germany.
Regierungsbezirk Königsberg was a Regierungsbezirk, or government region, of the Prussian province of East Prussia from 1815 until 1945. The regional capital was Königsberg (since 1946, Kaliningrad).