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  2. Seven Bridges of Königsberg - Wikipedia

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    The city of Königsberg in Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) was set on both sides of the Pregel River, and included two large islands—Kneiphof and Lomse—which were connected to each other, and to the two mainland portions of the city, by seven bridges. The problem was to devise a walk through the city that would cross each of those bridges ...

  3. Königsberg - Wikipedia

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    Medieval Königsberg's third town was Kneiphof, which received town rights in 1327 and was located on an island of the same name in the Pregolya, south of Altstadt. The 14th-century Königsberg Cathedral. Within the state of the Teutonic Order, Königsberg was the residence of the marshal, one of the chief administrators of the military order. [15]

  4. Kaliningrad - Wikipedia

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    The Honey Bridge is a drawbridge, one of the seven bridges of Königsberg. Connects Oktyabrsky Island and Kneiphof. Since the Kneiphof is a pedestrian zone, the de facto bridge is also exclusively pedestrian. From time to time, the bridge is used by official vehicles (delivery of materials for the restoration of the Königsberg Cathedral, as ...

  5. Königsberg fortifications - Wikipedia

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    The Astronomic Bastion (German: Bastion Sternwarte) was erected in 1855-1860 and got its name because of proximity to the Königsberg Observatory. [3] The bastion's wall was demolished in 1910. [3] Subsequently the bastion was used to accommodate the Russian OMON for some time. [4] Later the structure was bought by the Russian MP Asanbuba ...

  6. Kneiphof - Wikipedia

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    Königsberg Cathedral rose high above the island town. Kneiphof Town Hall served as city hall for all of Königsberg from 1724 until 1927, when the administration moved to the Stadthaus . The island's secondary school, Kneiphof Gymnasium , was located north of the cathedral and later hosted the combined Stadtgymnasium Altstadt-Kneiphof .

  7. Lastadie - Wikipedia

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    Lastadie warehouses. The oldest docks of Königsberg were located on an island then known as Vogtswerder within the Pregel River. The 1286 charter of Altstadt allowed the town to build these initial docks (later known as the Kai, meaning quay) on the western coast of the island, connected to Altstadt by the Grüne Brücke (Green Bridge). [4]

  8. Bristol Bridges Walk - Wikipedia

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    The Bristol Bridges Walk is a circular hiking route that is linked to the Königsberg bridge problem, a mathematical puzzle, which laid the foundation for graph theory, the mathematical study of networks. [2] [3] [4] The Bristol Bridges Walk presents a solution of the puzzle for the city of Bristol. [5]

  9. History of Poles in Königsberg - Wikipedia

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    The history of Poles in Königsberg (Polish: Królewiec) goes back to the 14th century. In the struggles between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order , the city was briefly part of the Polish state, and after the Second Peace of Toruń , 1466, it was considered a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Order [ 1 ] and the secular ...