The Conference has agreed in principle to the proposal of the Soviet Government concerning the ultimate transfer to the Soviet Union of the city of Koenigsberg and the area adjacent to it as described above, subject to expert examination of the actual frontier.

The excerpt from the initial agreement pertaining to the partition of East Prussia, including the area surrounding Königsberg, is as follows (note that Königsberg is spelt "Koenigsberg" in the original document):

Mar 30, 2025 · History of the Russian city of Kaliningrad, formerly the German city of Konigsberg. Detached from the rest of the country, the city is an exclave of the Russian Federation. Formerly the capital of East Prussia, Kaliningrad was ceded to …

Soviet infantry attacking in the vicinity of Koenigsberg, supported by SU-76 assault guns. Fort Five, claimed to be the best fortification of the entire Königsberg position, formed a strong resistance point.

Wappen von Königsberg im Plenarsaal des altstädtischen Rathauses in Danzig Schlossteich, im Hintergrund das Königsberger Schloss (1912) Alte Teilstädte in Königsberg (1255) Königsberg nordöstlich des Frischen Haffs auf einer Landkarte von 1910 Stadtplan von Königsberg 1905. Königsberg (niederpreußisch Keenigsbarch) war die Hauptstadt der preußischen Provinz …

The castle of Königsberg was founded in 1255 by the knights of the Teutonic Order in the course of their expansion in the Baltic region. From 1457 onwards it was the residence of the Grand Master of the Order, and the last Grand Master was Prince Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490–1568) who – after converting to Lutheranism – created the world’s first Protestant state in 1525, the …

By Bastiaan Willems. The storming of Fortress Königsberg in April 1945 was the finale of a two-month Soviet siege. The city, one of the few triumphs of Hitler’s fortress strategy, had been encircled by late January and lay hundreds of kilometers behind the main front line by the time the Soviets launched their final assault toward the Nazi capital of Berlin.

Mar 9, 2024 · The Prussian city of Königsberg, now Kaliningrad in Russia, in the Middle Ages. The 18th-century city map is a digitally enhanced reproduction that was modified to highlight the river and bridges.

Red-roofed buildings and colourful exteriors illustrate the charm of old Koenigsberg, what Kaliningrad used to be known as. 4 Victory Square. The central area where the administrative buildings, banks and shops are. 5 The New Kaliningrad Synagogue (The New Synagogue), Ulitsa Oktyabr'skaya, 1а.

This site is about the tragic fate of the City of Königsberg, the capital of the former German province of East Prussia. As a result of WWII, neither Königsberg nor East Prussia exists anymore and today the city is known as Kaliningrad, the Russian city and administrative region surrounded by two European Union and NATO members: Poland to the south and Lithuania to …