The former Groß Sobrost estate and its hillfort, known as the “Swedish fortification”
A village in the Zelenogradsk District. Railway station on the Zelenogradsk – Pionersky line
A settlement in Zelenogradsk Urban District, west of Grachevka
An abandoned site that was once a royal fishing village
A fishing village that vanished at the end of the 20th century
A well-hidden gem of the Elk Valley
At the fork to Svetly and Baltiysk
In the early 20th century the estate was owned by the well-known inventor Georg Knorr
A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District on the old road to Cranz
The heart of Königsberg's waterworks
A settlement on the Sambian Peninsula west of Kaliningrad
Where the Kaliningrad Sea Shipping Canal begins
The districts beyond the Vorstadt where the Main Station, now called the South Station, was built
In the heart of Samland
The first large locality after Kosma on the road from Kaliningrad to Baltiysk
A settlement near the legendary Prussian sanctuary of Romowe
According to legend, the first cross in Samland was erected here
From Rossgarten to the Litauer Wall, north of King Street, home to the Kronprinz barracks and the Grolman bastion
To the north by north-west
The surroundings of the famous castle of the same name
The easternmost district of the Innenstadt (inner city), where Königsberg's poor lived and multiplied
A settlement on the shore of the Curonian Lagoon
A settlement in the eastern part of the city on the bank of the Pregolya
A place of remembrance of Saint Adalbert
Between Kosse and Hufen
An industrial district on the banks of the Pregel
A town on the banks of the Kaliningrad Sea Canal
Two in one: a special economic zone and a cultural cluster
A trading district of Königsberg north of the castle
On the way out of the city along the old Svetlogorsk road
At the end of Sovetsky Prospekt, by Fort No. 5
Alley of the Brave south of the bridge over the railway
A knight's estate east of Königsberg
Along a beautiful river in the southern part of the city
North of Max Aschmann Park
On the way out of the city along Podpolkovnika Yemelyanova Street, next to Fort No. 12 Eulenburg and Fort No. 11 Dönhoff
A settlement south of Kaliningrad that was once part of Königsberg
The Kneiphof freedom on the southern bank of the Pregel, where the saddler Kant lived, who named his fourth child Emanuel
The centre of amber mining before the Palmnicken era
The oldest town on the Pregel. The heart of Königsberg, which beat for 700 years between the castle and the river
The western part of Svetlogorsk, where the famous Königsberg sculptor Hermann Brachert lived in the 1930s. Today there is a museum here
Where there is a Gross Kuhren, there is a Klein one too
Between Svetlogorsk and Yantarny. "Baltic Artek", the beach of Filino Bay, the Zipfelberg dune – it is all here
Between Svetlogorsk and Pionersky. In the Soviet period the place was known locally as the Boatswains' Village
One of the iconic places of Sambia, which gave its name to the large forest in the north-west of the peninsula
One of the three towns on the Pregel that would later merge into a single Königsberg
A low-lying district in the south-west of Kaliningrad whose old German name translates as Wet Garden
A Hanseatic outpost in Königsberg. An island town on the Pregel. In the old days people used to say: in Altstadt, power; in Kneiphof, luxury
The north-eastern outskirts of Kaliningrad-Königsberg, with cemeteries, a shooting range and Europe's first civil airport
The south-western outskirts of the city, known to most Kaliningraders thanks to the busy road towards the EU border
Where oil is extracted and yachts are built
A mill, a grain elevator, a carriage works, a rock club, a marina, the local mecca of coffee brewing — there is so much here!
A district north-east of the centre, between today's Nevskogo and Gagarina streets
Today this is the site of the Emergency Hospital and the Catholic church of St Adalbert, behind which there was a crematorium before the Second World…
A settlement that grew up thanks to the mill built here
An old village that became a popular city district
The first church here was built under Ulrich von Jungingen, when he was still Komtur of Balga Castle
A villa colony on the shore of the Upper Pond.
The local church, the oldest in the city, played no small part in the district's popularity
A brewers' village that became a district of Königsberg
A cosy, picturesque settlement on the way out of Yantarny towards Primorsk
A city that emerged at the confluence of the Instruch and Angrappa rivers
Eydtkuhnen is first mentioned in 1557 as the settlement of Eittkau
The place became known in the 19th century, when the amber miners Stantien & Becker moved here from the Curonian Spit
Capital of the polder lands of the Elchniederung, aka the Elk Valley
Founded in 1283 as Neustadt Castle. Today the cosiest settlement on the Russian half of the Curonian Spit
A quiet corner of the Polessk District that became famous thanks to the Old German School Waldwinkel museum
A city of regional significance where the Tylzha River flows into the Neman
Ragnit was granted town rights in 1722 by Frederick William I, who went down in history as the Soldier King
Soviet historiography regards 1734 as the official founding year of Krasnoznamensk
The town is unique in that it did not grow up around a castle of the Order or of a bishop
In 1818 Stallupönen became the centre of the Kreis of the same name
The settlement by the ruined castle of Nordenburg received Kulm town rights on 24 July 1407
This small town on the Angrapa once gave shelter to Swiss Protestants, who turned it into a real "gem"
A settlement at the turn-off to Sovetsk from the Kaliningrad–Chernyakhovsk–Gusev road, where the Glubokaya River flows into the Pregolya
One of the smallest towns in the Russian Federation
The settlement by Labiau Castle received town rights on 28 July 1642
A settlement in the Nesterov Urban District on the Russkaya River. Founded in 1589
A settlement near Galtgarben on the road to Svetlogorsk and Yantarny
A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District with a beautiful but neglected park
A settlement in the Guryevsk Urban District on the bank of the region's main river
A settlement in the Neman urban district at the confluence of the Instruch and Ulyanovka rivers
A settlement within Zelenogradsk on the Zelenogradka River
A settlement in the Slavsk urban district on the Slavsk – Yasnoye road
A settlement in the Polessk Urban District
A settlement in the Gvardeysk Urban District on a high riverbank, home to the premium hotel "Romanovski Castle"
A settlement in the Gvardeysk Urban District on the Slavinka River
A settlement in the Guryevsk Urban District on the Guryevka River, known for its hotel and restaurant
A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District on the Pereslavskoye – Primorsk highway
A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District
A settlement in the Chernyakhovsk urban district where the Golubaya River flows into the Pregolya
A settlement in the Slavsk Urban District at the mouth of the Razliv River (Karkelstrom)
A settlement in the Bagrationovsk Urban District on the Prokhladnaya (Frisching) River
The locality of Pobethen is first mentioned in the chronicles of the Order in 1258
A Prussian settlement existed on the site of Medenau as early as the 11th century BC
The locality of Lowke is first mentioned in documents in 1258
A settlement in the Zelenogradsk District on the Zelenogradka and Slavnaya rivers
A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District south of Svetlogorsk. It once had the parish church of this part of Samland
A quintessential local fishing village at the mouth of the Gilge River, now renamed the Matrosovka
One of the oldest places in Sambia
A settlement in the Krasnoznamensk Urban District on the Neman River
A settlement in the Bagrationovsk Urban District on the Kaliningrad – Mamonovo road
A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District on the Zelenogradsk – Romanovo road
Founded in December 1352 as a bishop's castle on the site of the Prussian fortress of Wostopolo
A field of artesian wells of Kaliningrad's water supply system
One of the most beautiful spots in the Rominta Forest. Kaiser Wilhelm II built a hunting lodge here in the Norwegian style
The first settlement on the Russian side of the Curonian Spit, reached by a perfect cycle path
A village in Nesterov District, the “capital” of the Rominten Heath
A settlement on the Curonian Spit, famous for its gliding school and its ornithological station
Founded in 1314. In 1946 it was renamed in honour of Ivan Ladushkin, who was killed in the fighting for the town
A town in Bagrationovsk District on the Vitushka and Mamonovka rivers
A climatic and balneological resort of federal importance
The fishing village that stood on the site of Neukuhren is first mentioned in 1254 – it is older than Königsberg
The town's founding date is considered to be 1290, but little of it has survived
The town was founded in 1241 as a castle of the Teutonic Order
A town on the Sheshupe that did not survive the Second World War
How the star of the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia rose
How the Great Elector chased the Swedes across the ice by sleigh
After the "reconstruction", nothing will be left of the historic bridges.
Castles of the Teutonic Order in Prussia
Insterburg's twin, a bishop's castle with a large outer bailey, was built in stone at the end of the 14th century
Built in stone no later than the mid-14th century. Burned down twice, rose again only once
The Order's bridgehead on the shore of the Frisches Haff lagoon, from which the conquest of Prussia began
Named in honour of Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg, who saved the Order in 1266
A vivid illustration of the fact that no merits can save you from oblivion
A witness to and participant in the turbulent history of Samland in the days of the Order, which more than once saved the local bishop
Prussia had many Order castles like this one, but only this one was visited repeatedly by Immanuel Kant
For a long time it served as a staging post for the Order's troops on their way to Lithuania
It was here, on 21 January 1758, that the capitulation of East Prussia was signed and Königsberg was surrendered to the Russians
A medieval fortress that later served as an administrative center in a strategically important area
The castle's last owner was an anti-fascist who was thrown into prison and found hanged there
Its name and location suggest that there was once a strait through the spit at this spot
Until the mid-15th century it was the centre of the capital of the Order's state. The largest brick castle in the world
A magnificent building with the only surviving danzker in northern Poland
At the height of the Order's power, Mewe was its most important stronghold in the west
An intermediate stronghold between Kreuzburg and Bartenstein, built of stone and brick from the very beginning
An outpost of the Teutonic Order and a mustering point for knightly forces on campaigns into Lithuania
A dubious mix of the Middle Ages and 19th-century Gothic Revival, with a modern commercial "outer bailey"
An outpost on the route from Nadruvia to Königsberg that controlled the Pregel and the Deime
The most astonishing thing is that in the 21st century a castle from the days of the Teutonic Order serves as a home for ordinary mortals
The first castle of the Teutonic Order in Prussia, next to which a settlement grew up almost at once
It protected Königsberg from Lithuanian raids, serving as the first staging post on the eastern route
A fighting fortress that served the Teutonic Order faithfully in the 13th and 14th centuries
Twelve years of Nazism and five and a half years of war are a drop in the ocean compared with the path this city travelled, growing from a small vill…
The history of the Teutonic–Lithuanian conflicts began immediately after the Teutonic Order conquered the Prussian lands
The Russian army's victory at Gross-Jägersdorf could have been the first step towards routing the army defending East Prussia, but it was not...
Well-preserved, grandiose fortifications sunk deep into the ground
The history of the construction of Königsberg's second ring of ramparts.
Napoleon rode into the city through their gates, Kant strolled along their ramparts, and the young Peter I studied their design.
The history of East Prussia’s foremost castle from the Middle Ages to the present day
The last eyewitness account placing its crates in Königsberg's Royal Castle dates from the fifth of April 1945.
Is there a grain of truth in the myths and legends about underground Königsberg?
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