#Самбия

The Warnicken Forest

Secret paths of Sambia

Klyukvennoye (Klycken)

A settlement in Zelenogradsk Urban District, west of Grachevka

Izhevskoye (Widitten)

At the fork to Svetly and Baltiysk

Kolosovka (Willgaiten / Wiekau)

The heart of Königsberg's waterworks

Lyublino (Seerappen)

A settlement on the Sambian Peninsula west of Kaliningrad

Valtin Supplit

How the heir of a dynasty of pagan priests saved Prussia twice

Grachevka (Kraam)

In the heart of Samland

The Wishing Horse

An old Samland parable preserved in Pomerania

Vzmorye (Gross Heydekrug)

The first large locality after Kosma on the road from Kaliningrad to Baltiysk

Krasnotorovka (Heiligenkreutz)

According to legend, the first cross in Samland was erected here

Svetly (Zimmerbude)

A town on the banks of the Kaliningrad Sea Canal

Sinyavino (Gross Hubnicken)

The centre of amber mining before the Palmnicken era

Otradnoye (Georgenswalde)

The western part of Svetlogorsk, where the famous Königsberg sculptor Hermann Brachert lived in the 1930s. Today there is a museum here

Filino (Klein Kuhren)

Where there is a Gross Kuhren, there is a Klein one too

Primorye (Gross Kuhren)

Between Svetlogorsk and Yantarny. "Baltic Artek", the beach of Filino Bay, the Zipfelberg dune – it is all here

Lesnoye (Warnicken)

One of the iconic places of Sambia, which gave its name to the large forest in the north-west of the peninsula

Osokino (Panjes)

A cosy, picturesque settlement on the way out of Yantarny towards Primorsk

Yantarny (Palmnicken)

The place became known in the 19th century, when the amber miners Stantien & Becker moved here from the Curonian Spit

Zelenogradsk (Cranz)

A popular seaside resort at the base of the Curonian Spit, a.k.a. the "City of Cats", the leader in urban improvement in the Kaliningrad Region

The Conquest of Sambia: 1253–1255

How the city of Königsberg came into being

Sosnovka (Bledau)

A settlement within Zelenogradsk on the Zelenogradka River

Kumachevo (Kumehnen)

A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District on the Pereslavskoye – Primorsk highway

Russkoye (Germau)

A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District

Romanovo (Pobethen)

The locality of Pobethen is first mentioned in the chronicles of the Order in 1258

Logvino (Medenau)

A Prussian settlement existed on the site of Medenau as early as the 11th century BC

Melnikovo (Rudau)

A settlement in the Zelenogradsk District on the Zelenogradka and Slavnaya rivers

Salskoye (Sankt Lorenz)

A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District south of Svetlogorsk. It once had the parish church of this part of Samland

Roshchino (Grünhoff)

One of the oldest places in Sambia

Kovrovo (Nautzau)

A settlement in the Zelenogradsk Urban District on the Zelenogradsk – Romanovo road

Kotelnikovo (Wargen)

A field of artesian wells of Kaliningrad's water supply system

Svetlogorsk (Rauschen)

A climatic and balneological resort of federal importance

Drinking Water Canal (Landgraben)

A hydraulic structure from the days of the Teutonic Order still meets about 15% of Kaliningrad’s needs

Legends of Prussian Stones. Part Two: The Stone of Lies in the Valley of the Salmon Stream

The secrets of an ancient pagan sanctuary on the outskirts of Pionersky

Legends of Prussian Stones. Part One: Sacrificial Stones and Devil's Stones

Hillforts and sacred hills are plain for all to see. The ancient sacrificial stones of the Prussians are harder to find

Legends of the Prussian Hills: From Prussian Sanctuaries to Swedish Trenches and Fairies

Cursed princesses, sunken castles and chthonic gifts. This time from the east

Legends of the Prussian Hills: The Earthen Pyramids of Sambia

What did our predecessors see in the earthen “pyramids” left by the Prussians in shady forests?

Ramawa — the Prussian Mecca

The mysterious Romowe — the main sanctuary of the Prussians — lies in what is now the Kaliningrad Region

Galtgarben, the Magic Mountain

A place linked to many mystical legends