Königsberg, the capital, became one of the biggest cities and ports of Ducal Prussia, having considerable autonomy, a separate parliament and currency. While German continued to be the official language, the city served as a vibrant center of publishing in both Polish and Lithuanian.

Königsberg itself had been founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement Twangste by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and named Königsberg in honor of King Ottokar II of Bohemia.

2025年2月13日 · The new city—renamed Kaliningrad in 1946—was rebuilt and centred in what had been Königsberg’s northwestern suburbs and became a major industrial and commercial centre, connected by a 20-mile (32-kilometre) dredged channel to an outport and naval base along the Baltic called Baltiysk.

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.

Königsberg (niederpreußisch Keenigsbarch) war die Hauptstadt der preußischen Provinz Ostpreußen. Ihre nahezu siebenhundertjährige Geschichte endete infolge des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Die Stadt wurde 1946 als fortan russische Stadt in Kaliningrad umbenannt.

Königsberg was a beautiful, vibrant and prosperous city. It was a world trade center for optical lenses, and a vital shipping port for the trade in cereals, legumes, timber and flax in Northern and Eastern Europe.

2023年5月17日 · Formerly called Königsberg, Kaliningrad is a Russia enclave sandwiched on the Baltic coast between Lithuania and Poland, both NATO members, and has no land border with Russia.

2024年3月9日 · During the 18th century the denizens of the Prussian city of Königsberg wrestled with a puzzle: How could they find a walking path through the city that crossed each of its storied seven bridges...

Königsberg heißen folgende geographische Objekte: Städte, Gemeinden und Verwaltungseinheiten: Königsberg (Preußen) , Hauptstadt des ehemaligen Ostpreußens

Rebuilding Königsberg as Kaliningrad. Rebuilding a city Soviet-style. Following the Soviet takeover of Königsberg the new inhabitants – which came from all over the Soviet Union – faced the daunting task of rebuilding the charred remains into the new city of Kaliningrad.