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Location of Metgethen, showing the Königsberg defenses and the Soviet attack of 6–9 April 1945. During the Battle of Königsberg in 1945, Soviet forces attacking from the north of the Samland peninsula, reached the Vistula Lagoon to the west of Königsberg on January 30, taking Metgethen in the process, a village with a railway station.
Its manor was constructed ca. 1760 by an Italian architect. [3] Metgethen developed into a villa suburb ca. 1900 and was popular for day trips, [1] especially its Vierbrüderkrug inn and the Vierbrüdersäule memorial honoring the legend of four half-brothers of the Teutonic Knights slain by Sudovians in the 13th century. [4]
Capturing the town of Metgethen, the unit opened the way for the 5th Panzer Division to join with Gollnick's forces near the town of Gross Heydekrug the next day. This action solidified the German defence of the area until April, re-opening the land route from Königsberg to Pillau, through which supplies could be delivered by ship and the ...
the Metgethen massacre: mass murder and rape of 32-3,000 (German claim) German citizens by Red Army soldiers; the Nemmersdorf massacre: mass murder and rape of ~74 German citizens (as well as ~50 French and Belgian POWs) by the Red Army's 2nd Guards Tank Corps; the Treuenbritzen massacre: mass murder of German citizens by Soviet soldiers
1255 – Fortress built by Teutonic Knights during Prussian Crusade, on the basis of a Prussian settlement Twangste. 1256 – Settlement formed north of the fortress. 1262 – Prussians begin to besiege castle during the Great Prussian Uprising.
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Murder of California Indians by militarized expeditionary band led by John C. Frémont, estimated Native American deaths range from several hundred to several thousand: 3: Bridge Gulch massacre: Trinity County: 1852: 150: Massacre of Wintu people in retaliation for killing of Col. John Anderson [227] 4: Yontoket massacre: Yontocket: 1853: 400–500
The town of Kelseyville bills itself as one of Northern California's best-kept secrets — an idyllic wine country community that overlooks the state's largest freshwater lake, as well as a 4,305 ...