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Königsberg: History, Former Names & Timeline

A castle town founded by the Teutonic Order, capital of the Duchy of Prussia and home of Immanuel Kant.

Map showing Königsberg in 1700Königsberg
Border map for 1700. See Europe in 1700.

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Former names of Königsberg

FromNameNote
1255Königsberg
1946Kaliningrad

Timeline of Königsberg

YearEvent
1255The Teutonic Order founds the city
1525Albert turns Protestant and creates the Duchy of Prussia
1701Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia here
1724Immanuel Kant is born in Königsberg
1945The Red Army takes Königsberg; it is renamed Kaliningrad the following year

Who ruled Königsberg

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–199Sambian-Nothangian culture
200–699Unclaimed / no data
700–799Balts
800–999Baltic tribes
1000–1199Prussians
1200–1299Unclaimed / no data
1300–1599Teutonic Knights
1600–1879Prussia
1880–1913Germany
1914–1919German Empire
1920–1937East Prussia
1938–1944Germany
1945–1993USSR
1994–todayRussia

Battles and sites near Königsberg

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