Königsberg

Historic Prussian name of Kaliningrad, Russia

Königsberg
Königsberg (; German: [ˈkøːnɪçsbɛʁk] or German pronunciation: [ˈkøːnɪksbɛʁk] ; lit. 'King's mountain'; Polish: Królewiec; Lithuanian: Karaliaučius; Baltic Prussian: Kunnegsgarbs; Russian: Кёнигсберг, romanized: Kyónigsberg, IPA: [ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbʲɪrk]) is the historic German and Prussian name of the city now called Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the small Old Prussian settlement Twangste by the Teutonic Knights during the Baltic Crusades. It was named in honour of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, who led a campaign against the pagan Old Prussians, a Baltic tribe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg

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