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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 ...
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 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).
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
English: City map of Königsberg in Prussia, 1905. Legend for the City map SVG development . The SVG code is . This map was created with Adobe ...
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
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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]