• ...of Poland in 1772, Königsberg became the capital of the newly formed province of East Prussia in 1773, which replaced the Province of Prussia in 1773.
  • The move follows similar decisions by Poland and Lithuania, both of which border the exclave, which formerly made up part of the German territory of East...
  • Regierungsbezirk Königsberg was a Regierungsbezirk, or government region, of the Prussian province of East Prussia from 1815 until 1945.
  • The need to control the Baltic coastline would bring the Soviet Union into the heart of East Prussia — and towards the fortress city of Königsberg.
  • Königsberg (in Polish Królewiec), chief town of a government district in the province of East Prussia and since 1843 a fortress of the first rank, is situated on the...
  • After the war, following the transfer of East Prussia to the Russian SFSR, Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad, and was installed with predominantly Russian...
  • Make Königsberg-East Prussia/ Kaliningrad- Exclave part of Germany with as late a POD as possible. It has to have a population at least aproching a German...
  • After the First Partition of Poland in 1772, Königsberg became the capital of the newly formed province of East Prussia in 1773, which replaced the Province of...
  • By then, the decision to annihilate East Prussia and grant Königsberg to the Soviet Union had already been taken, so the reason for its destruction remains a mystery.
  • Records were originally in the University Library in Königsberg, East Prussia; now located in the Staatsbibliothek Berlin.
  • Under the Potsdam Agreement of 1945, the northern part of East Prussia, including the city of Königsberg, was transferred to the Soviet Union.
  • Aug 10, 2019 - East Prussian Capitol City: Koenigsberg. See more ideas about city, konigsberg, prussia.