A word of advice for anyone going to build in Neman
An excursion to the banks of the Neman, to legendary Tilsit, now Sovetsk, and to Ragnit Castle
Ragnit was granted town rights in 1722 by Frederick William I, who went down in history as the Soldier King
Built in the late 1930s. After the war it was a military depot. Today the building houses an Orthodox church
In 1945 Ragnit church was undamaged, but in the 1950s it began to be converted into a furniture shop and a hostel
An outpost of the Teutonic Order and a mustering point for knightly forces on campaigns into Lithuania
A medieval chronicle of the colonisation of Prussia, translated into Russian
The most plausible accounts of how the famous East Prussian cheese came to be, and one old legend
Once a popular place for an outing, the Bismarck towers still have tourist potential today. All that is needed is to preserve the little that remains…
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