A church, a museum with storerooms and a library, a court, a restaurant and several offices
There were no refrigerators, so wine was stored and served in cellars
Recreating Kaliningrad's historic centre: a dream that can become reality
The legend-shrouded cradle and citadel of the Prussian kingdom. A symbol of the city and of all East Prussia
An allegory of the whole history of the Christian conquest of Prussia
The legend of a ghost that roams the castle cellars
An old local tradition that could grace Kaliningrad
The music of Königsberg
First impressions of the city in 1814
A chapter from a book never before translated into Russian
The surroundings of the famous castle of the same name
Reviving Kaliningrad's historic center
The city on the Pregel in the mid-19th century
Kant's city in the post-Napoleonic era
Where oil is extracted and yachts are built
The architectural landmark of the old city on the Pregel
An excursion along the left bank of the Pregel to Gvardeysk and Znamensk
An excursion to the castles of the Teutonic Order in the south of the Kaliningrad Region
An introduction to the fortification heritage of Königsberg in Kaliningrad
A sightseeing tour of the best districts: the port, the centre, Amalienau, Kant Island, the remains of the fortress walls
Ragnit was granted town rights in 1722 by Frederick William I, who went down in history as the Soldier King
The town was founded in 1241 as a castle of the Teutonic Order
The von Lehndorff family's Samland estate lay near Wargen
Arthur Sarnitz on his plans for Fort No. 1 and Balga Castle
The ancestral seat of the Dönhoff family
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
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
The cradle of the Prussian monarchy. There was and is no more important place in the history of the German state
Is there a grain of truth in the myths and legends about underground Königsberg?
A report in a Swiss newspaper looks at the face of modern Kaliningrad, which in places coexists with Königsberg.
A project to restore the Royal Castle in Kaliningrad has won an online vote
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