Königsberg was a port city on the southeastern corner of the Baltic Sea. It is today known as Kaliningrad and is part of Russia. Königsberg[a] was the historic German (Prussian) name of …

It was named in honour of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, who led a campaign against the pagan Old Prussians, a Baltic tribe. A Baltic port city, it successively became the capital of the State of …

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.

Königsberg Castle (Russian: Кёнигсбергский замок, romanized: Kyonigsbergskiy zamok, German: Königsberger Schloss) was the seat of the grand masters of the Teutonic Order and …

Königsberg was the easternmost large city in Germany until World War II. The city was heavily damaged by Allied bombing in 1944 and during the Battle of Königsberg in 1945; it was then …

Dec 6, 2025 · History of the Russian city of Kaliningrad, formerly the German city of Konigsberg. Detached from the rest of the country, the city is an exclave of the Russian Federation. …

City of Köngisberg (today Kaliningrad), was established as a settlement by the castle, by Livonian Brothers of the Sword, by king Ottocar II from Bohemia (Czech). It's beeing built in the place of …