There is hardly anything in the Kaliningrad Region more picturesque than the local strait, along which ships constantly ply
On September 10, 1510, a powerful storm breached the spit, creating a new strait — and thus began the history of Pillau
Destroyed during the assault of 1945; its ruins were cleared away in the post-war years
Damaged during the fighting within the Pillau fortress in 1945. The ruins were cleared away
The gable was slightly damaged during the fighting in 1945. After the war the church was used as a warehouse
Badly damaged during the Second World War, which later led to its demolition
Designed and built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Considerably expanded after the Second World War
It was in the eastern part of the south wing, which ran parallel to the railway along the shore of the lagoon
Two legends about the first Christian missionary in Prussia.
Its name and location suggest that there was once a strait through the spit at this spot
A round-up of events held in the Kaliningrad Region that you need not be ashamed to invite guests from Russia and Europe to.
The price the Baltic Fleet had to pay for victory at sea during the Second World War
The Vistula Spit has become a very precise metaphor for Russia as a whole
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