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A map of Königsberg in 1255 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 . This name meant "King's Hill" ( Latin : castrum Koningsberg, Mons Regius, Regiomontium ), honoring King Ottokar II of Bohemia who paid for the erection of the ...
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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.
English (en): Locator map of Königsberg i.Bay. in District of Haßberge, Bavaria, Germany. highlighted municipality other municipalities in administrative body ( Gemeindeverband, etc. )
June: City of Königsberg expanded by uniting Altstadt, Kneiphof, and Löbenicht. [1] Königsberg City Archive is located in the Town Hall (approximate date). 1734 – 8 August: Polish King Stanisław Leszczyński stops in the city. [24] 1735 – Math problem "Seven Bridges of Königsberg" presented. 1736
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 ...
The 15 metre-thick First Belt was erected due to Königsberg's vulnerability during the Polish–Swedish wars. [2] The Second Belt was largely constructed on the place of the first one, which was in a bad condition. [2] The new belt included twelve bastions, three ravelins, seven spoil banks and two fortresses, surrounded by a water moat. [2]
The Königsberg Castle (German: Königsberger Schloss, Russian: Кёнигсбергский замок, romanized: Konigsbergskiy zamok) was one of the landmarks of the city of Königsberg (since 1946 Kaliningrad, Russia). It was the seat of the King of Prussia, who was by extension the Emperor (Kaiser) of the German Empire.