• Velau (Znamensk) The city was taken on January 23, 1945 during the Insterburg-Koenigsberg operation.
• Gumbinnen (Gusev) Having launched an offensive on January 13, 1945, the soldiers of the 28th Army were able to overcome enemy resistance and by the end of January 20, break into the eastern outskirts of the city. At 10 p.m. on January 21, by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the capture of the city was announced, thanks to the distinguished troops and salute to the 12th art. volleys from 124 guns.
• Darkemen (Ozersk) The city was captured on January 23, 1945 during the Insterburg-Koenigsberg operation. In 1946 the city was renamed Ozyorsk. After the Second World War, the city was heavily damaged, but the city center still retains its historical appearance.
• Insterburg (Chernyakhovsk) Troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front, 22.1..45. attacked on all fronts. On the Königsberg direction, the fierce resistance of the enemy on the Pregel River was crushed with a decisive blow and they stormed a powerful stronghold, a communications hub and the vital center of East Prussia, the city of Instenburg .... ... Seventh: The 6th Army continued its advance on Instenburg. As a result of decisive actions of the right flank and center, the resistance of the enemy's Instenburg lines was broken through. On the left flank, by the end of the day, they were still fighting ...
• Kranz (Zelenogradsk) Krantz was busy Soviet troops February 4, 1945. Fierce battles were fought on the Curonian Spit, but Kranz himself was practically not injured during the war. In 1946 Krantz was renamed Zelenogradsk.
• Labiau (Polessk) The city was captured on January 23, 1945 during the Insterburg-Koenigsberg operation. In 1946 it was renamed Polessk in honor of the historical and geographical region of Polesie.
• Neuhausen (Guryevsk) On January 28, 1945, the village of Neuhausen was taken by the 192nd rifle division under the command of Colonel L. G. Bosanets. On April 7 of the same year, the Königsberg district was formed with the center in Neuhausen, and on September 7, 1946 the city was renamed in honor of the Hero Soviet Union Major General Stepan Savelyevich Guryev (1902-1945), who died during the assault on Pillau
• Pillau (Baltiysk) The city was captured on April 25, 1945 by the troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front and the forces of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet during the Zemland operation. The 11th Guards Army of Colonel General Galitsky participated in the assault on Pillau. November 27, 1946 Pillau was named Baltiysk.
• Preussish-Eylau (Bagrationovsk) The city was captured on February 10, 1945 during the East Prussian operation. September 7, 1946 the city was renamed in honor of the Russian commander hero Patriotic War 1812 General Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration.
• Ragnit (Neman) The fortified city of Ragnit was stormed on January 17, 1945. After the war, Ragnit was renamed Neman in 1947.
• Raushen (Svetlogorsk) In April 1945, Raushen and the settlements adjacent to it were occupied without fighting. In 1946 it was renamed Svetlogorsk.
• Tapiau (Gvardeysk) The city was captured on January 25, 1945 by the troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front during the Insterburg-Koenigsberg operation: 39 A - part of the forces of the 221st Rifle Division (Major General Kushnarenko V.N.), 94th Rifle Corps (Major General Popov I.I.)
• Tilsit (Sovetsk) The troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front, resolutely developing the offensive, defeated the enemy's Tilsit grouping and cut off all the roads connecting Tilsit with Insterburg. Subsequently, with a swift strike by units of the 39th and 43rd armies at 22h. 30m. On January 19, 1945, they captured a powerful German defense center in East Prussia city ​​of Tilsit.
• Fischhausen (Primorsk) The city was captured on April 17, 1945 during the Zemland operation.
• Friedland (Pravdinsk) The city was captured on January 31, 1945 by troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front during the East Prussian operation: 28 A - part of the forces of the 20th Rifle Division (Major General A.A. Myshkin), 20th Rifle Corps (Major General N.A. Shvarev)
• Haselberg (Krasnoznamensk) On January 18, 1945, the city was taken by the troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front during the Insterburg-Königsberg operation. In 1946 it was renamed Krasnoznamensk.
• Heiligenbeil (Mamonovo) The city was captured on March 25, 1945 during the destruction of the enemy's Hejlsberg grouping.
• Stallupenen (Nesterov) The city was captured on October 25, 1944 by troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front during the Gumbinnen operation.

Coast of East Prussia

Settlements of the Königsberg province.

Brownsburg.

The regional center in the Konigsberg district (21 thousand inhabitants). Located on the river Passarge, 8 km from its confluence with the Frisch Gaf, on the northeastern slope of the Elbing Upland, on the main highway Berlin - Tchev (Darschau) - Koenigsberg, from which a branch to Melsack and Elbing departs here. Passarguet divides Brownsberg into Old and New town and in this place is accessible for the passage of motor vessels. In Brownsburg there are district and city authorities, financial and customs departments, a local court, hospitals, 2 hospitals, 12 outpatient clinics, a cigarette factory, and breweries.

Brownsburg built in 1241; was the seat of the Bishop of Ermland. In 1284 he joined Hanseatic League. From 1466 he went to Poland. From 1626 to 1635 it belonged to Sweden, from 1656 to 1663 - to Brandenburg, from 1772 it passed to Prussia.

Wormdit.

A city in the Braunsberg district of the Königsberg district, 7,800 inhabitants (1939). The city is located in Ermland, 61 m above sea level, on the river. Drevenets and railways ah Königsberg-Allenstein and Morungen-Heilsberg.

The city has a tax office, a forestry department, a court, a bank, a hospital, a real school, and a library. The following branches of production are represented: brick making, flour-grinding, machine-building and tobacco industries.

Heilsberg.

A city in the region of the same name in the district of Königsberg in East Prussia. Occupies 24 sq. km, population 11,787 people. Located at the confluence of the river. Simzer in the river. Alle, at the junction of the railway lines Zinten - Bischofsburg, Elbing-Rastenburg and Wormdiet-Bartenstein. Residence district court, Landrat and financial management. There is a castle (1350-1400), a Catholic church (XIV century), the Great Gate (the remains of the city wall), a real school, an advanced female school, and a radio station. developed Agriculture, livestock and grain trade.

Rastenburg.

The regional center of the rural district of the same name in the Konigsberg district. Occupies 31 sq. km with a population of 19,634 people. Located on the river Huber, 105 m above sea level, railway lines Königsberg-Lick and Bischofsburg-Angerburg and narrow-gauge railways Rastenburg-Sensburg, Rastenburg-Rhein, Rastenburg-Nordenburg (or Gerdauen), Rastenburg-Drengfurt, Palace Teutonic Order, built in 1329, the church of George XIV century;. In the city there are district and city authorities, a district court, branches of a savings bank and a bank, a gymnasium, a real school, an oberlitse, a trade school, a district hospital, a stud farm, mills, sugar and breweries, bazaars - the sale of cattle and horses.

Velau.

The regional center of the government district of Koenigsberg. Population 8 600 inhabitants.

The city is located at the confluence of the river. Alle in the river. Pregel (both rivers are navigable), 10 m above sea level, on the Königsberg-Eidtkunen and Wehlau-Heilsberg railways. There is a church and a town hall of the XIV century, a number of buildings of the XV-XVII centuries, financial and tax administrations, a court, a landrat, a burgomaster, a provincial hospital Allenberg, an orphanage, a real school, men's and women's advanced schools, a museum. Industry: mills, paper mills, woodworking industry.

Gumbinnen.

The district seat of the Gumbinnen district. Area 13 sq. km, population. 24,534 people. Located on a plain at the confluence of the river. Rominte in the river. Pissa, 42 m above sea level. Railway junction Berlin-Königsberg-Eidtkunen, Gumbinnen-Angerburg and Gumbinnen-Spittkemen. District government center. It houses the Landrat, regional and city authorities, the main postal directorate, financial and customs departments, the district court; In the central part of the city in the old castle there is a cadet infantry and cavalry school. There is also a garrison here.

Educational institutions of Gumbinnen: a branch of the administrative academy of Konigsberg, a gymnasium, a real school, a lyceum, trade schools. There are bank branches and savings banks in the city. There are enterprises for the production of agricultural machinery, steam mills, and a power station. Trade is dominated by agricultural and livestock products (cattle and horses).

In 1914, a battle took place near the city of Gumbinnnen. Russian troops defeated the Germans and forced them to retreat deep into East Prussia.

Tilsit.

Tilsit is the regional seat of the government district of Gumbinnen. Occupies 50 sq. km with a population of 58 thousand people.

It is located on the left bank of the navigable Neman River, through which the Queen Louise Bridge (416 m) passes.

The city lies on the railway lines Tilsit-Königsberg, Tilsit-Insterburg, Tilsit-Stallupenen, Tilsit-Klaipeda (Memel) - Majoren and Tilsit-Laugssargen. The narrow-gauge railways Tilsit-Splitter and Tilsit-Mikiten pass through it.

In Tilsit there are district and city authorities (landrat, burgomaster), financial and customs departments, a court, a branch of the state bank, a real school, two lyceums, a regional hospital and a hospital for pulmonary patients.

Tilsit is a significant industrial and commercial center. The woodworking and food industries are developed: pulp production, brewing, distilling.

Until the 19th century Tilsit was called Tilse. It arose in 1288, in 1552 received the rights of the city. Here, on July 7, 1807, the Treaty of Tilsit was concluded between Russia and France. During the First World War, Tilsit was occupied by Russian troops.

Insterburg.

The city of Insterburg covers an area of ​​44.11 sq. km, is part of the Gumbinnen government district of the province of East Prussia. In 1939, 48,700 inhabitants lived in Insterburg. Located on the river Angerapp at its confluence with the river. And not ter - at the beginning of the navigable river. Pregel.

Insterburg is an important junction of the Berlin-Königsberg-Eidtkunen, Insterburg-Deutsch-Eilau, Insterburg-Tidzit, Insterburg-Lick and narrow-gauge railways, Insterburg-Kraupichken, Insterburg-Skaisgirren and Insterburg-Tremnen.

Insterburg is the regional center and residence local authorities(Oberburgomaster with advisers, district court, financial and customs departments). There are chambers of commerce and industry.

A gymnasium, a real school, a tench, two secondary schools, an agricultural school, a district hospital, a clinic, an agricultural testing station.

The following branches of production predominate: brick, chemical, artificial stones, sugar, alcohol, vinegar and mustard. There is also a tannery, a steam mill, small enterprises for the processing of meat products.

The main buildings of the city: former palace orders (XIV century) and the Lutheran church (1610-1612). In the north of the city there is the famous Georgenburg estate (610 inhabitants) with Ordensburg. founded in 1350; in last years turned into a horse farm.

Insterburg was founded in 1336 and was originally a castle. In 1583 he received the rights of the city. During the First World War, it was occupied by Russian troops from August 24 to September 11, 1914.

Goldap.

Gumbinnen District Center, 29 sq. km with a population of 13 thousand people. Located at the foot of the Seesker height, on the river. Goldap, 2 km from the lake. Goldap, 167 m above sea level. Railway junction Likk-Insterburg, Goldap-Stallupenen and Goldap-Königsberg. The residence of the district authorities, financial and tax administration.

Educational institutions: real school, lyceum, winter agricultural school. There is a regional hospital, a savings bank. Flour-grinding and brick industry.

First world war Goldap was occupied by Russian troops:

Angerburg.

District seat of Gumbinnen government district, 31 sq. km, population 11 thousand inhabitants.

Located on the river Angerapp, 2 km north of its confluence with the lake. Mauersee, 116 m above sea level. Junction of railways going to Goldap, Raetenburg, Gerdauen, Letzen and Gumbinnen. This is where the Masurian Lakes navigation line starts in the direction of Lötzen-Nikolaiken-Rudshanni. Akgerburg houses the landrat, burgomaster, court, financial and tax departments. There is a real school, an advanced women's school, an agricultural school, a hospital, a bank branch.

Angerburg was founded in 1571.

Allenstein.

The county seat of the government district of Allenstein. The city covers an area of ​​53.13 sq. km - with a population of 50,396 people, of which 25,673 are male. The city is located on the river. Alle, 119 m above sea level. It is the Major node of the message paths. The railway lines Berlin-Torun-Insterburg and Ke*kigsberg-Neidenburg-Warsaw intersect here. Roads branch off from them to Elbing and Lykk. This advantageous position of the city gives it great strategic importance,

Allenstein is the seat of the county and district authorities. In it are judicial authorities, financial administration, chambers of commerce, industry and crafts. Before the war, there was a Polish consulate in Allenstein.

Educational institutions: a gymnasium, a real school, an oberlitse, a secondary school for girls, an advanced trading school, an agricultural school.

Sanitary institutions: hospital, children's clinic, hospital for tuberculosis patients. Near Allenstein there is a hospital and a sanatorium Kortau. The most important ancient buildings are the palace-cathedral with a capital (1360-1370), the Great Gate (XIV century) and the Jacobi Catholic Church. The town hall and government offices have been rebuilt.

Allenstein is the center of a thriving livestock and hop trade. Industry: brickwork, sawmills, furniture and matches, to a lesser extent machine-building. Banks. In the northern part of the city there is a city park.

The city was founded in 1348 and was originally a fortress. In 1353 he received the rights of the city, in 1466 he went to Poland, in 1772 - to Prussia. In August 1914 he was occupied by Russian troops.

The fascist party newspaper Allenschteiner Zeitung is published in the city,

Nydenburg.

District seat of the rural district of Neidenburg in the government district of Allenstein. The Niedenburg district occupies 1146.11 sq. km with a population of 39,730 people. There were 9,200 inhabitants in Neidenburg. The city is located on the river. Nide and Allenstein-Torun railways to Neidenburg-Ortelsburg.

In Neidenburg there is a district administration - a landrat, a communal administration - a burgomaster with deputies and advisers, a labor front administration for recruiting labor (Neidenburg, Deutschestrasse, 15, tel. 422), a financial customs administration, a bank, a regional savings bank.

There is a gymnasium, a regional hospital, a nursing home.

The city has a developed woodworking and flour-grinding industry, as well as the production of bricks. Known as a major livestock market.

Osterode.

District town of the rural district of Osterode in the government district of Allenstein. Covers an area of ​​21.41 sq. km with a population of 19,519 people. The city is located at the mouth of the river. Drevents. Railway junction Berlin - Torun-Deutsch-Ailau-Insterburg, Elbing-Hohenstein, Osterode-Morungeya, Osterode-Dzyaldovo (Soldau).

District administration center (landrat, district party bodies, financial administration, district bank, savings bank). There is a castle of the Teutonic Order, a gymnasium, a real school, a lyceum, an advanced trading school, a financial school, an agricultural school, a district hospital, a hospital, and railway workshops.

Lick.

The district seat of the government district of Allenstein. Territory-34 sq. km, population - 16,482 people. It is located in the southeastern part of the Masurian Lakes near the eastern coast of the lake. Likk, at the confluence of the river. Lykk, 132 m above sea level. The Königsberg railway junction is Prostken, Likk-Allenstein, Likk-Sensburg and Likk-Insterburg. The residence of the district and city authorities, the customs administration, the district forestry administration. The ancient Lykk castle is located on the island of Lake Lykk. There are real schools, oberlitse, district hospital. Animal husbandry and horse breeding are developed.

Letzen.

District seat of Allenstein County. Occupies 43 sq. km with a population of 16 thousand people.

Lötzen is located among the Masurian Lakes, on the northern coast of Lake. Leventhinsee. Letzen is a junction of the Konigsberg-Prostken, Letzen-Johannesburg and Letzen-Angerburg railways. Height above sea level 120 m.

Here are the Landrat, the district court, the financial department.

Letzen was founded in 1335. There is a museum, a gymnasium, a lyceum, a school of fishing and agriculture, and a bank branch. The following branches of production are represented: woodworking, flour milling, shipbuilding (construction of small tonnage ships, boats various types). Trade in timber, livestock, fish, grain. Through the system of lakes-navigation to Angerburg and Nikolaiken-Rudshanni.

Not far from Lötzen is the small fortress of Boyen.

Ortelsburg.

The district town of the Ortelsburg rural district, in the district of Allenstein, covers an area of ​​39 square meters. km with a population of 14,234 people. It is located on the Allein Stein-Lick, Ortelsburg-Rothflis and Ortelsburg-Neidenburg railways. The city has an ancient castle, a real school, a higher lyceum, a museum, and a hospital. The woodworking industry, brick production, flour-grinding, brewing, and horse-breeding are well developed.

At the beginning of the First World War, Ortelsburg was occupied by Russian troops.

Johannesburg.

District seat of Allenstein County, 6,500 inhabitants. Located at the confluence of the river. Pissek in the lake. Warschau (Roschsee); 116 m above sea level, at the largest forest area in East Prussia and at the intersection of the Allenstein-Lick, Johannieburg-Lötzen and Johannisburg-Dlottoven railways.

Seat of the Landrat and city authorities. There is a court, the main tax and financial departments, two forestry departments.

The city has preserved the remains of an ancient castle. From educational institutions we can note a real school, a secondary female school, an agricultural school. The city also has a regional museum, a regional hospital, and a savings bank. Industrial enterprises: sawmills, mills, brick, plywood and canning factories. Trade mainly in grain, livestock, timber, fish. Along the river Pissek is connected by motorboats to Rudshanni and Nikolaiken.

In 1914 Johannisburg was occupied by Russian troops.

Marienwerder.

Marienwerder is the district center of the government district of West Prussia. The area occupied by the city. 20 sq. km. The population is 20 thousand people.

The residence of the government president, landrat and burgomaster, district and district courts. Financial and postal departments, tax administration, district savings bank, gymnasium, real school, oberlitse, women's secondary and agricultural schools. Available local history museum"West Prussia".

The city is located 5 km from the river. Vistula, 34-63 m above sea level.

From Marienwerder there are railways to Marienburg "Riesenburg, Freistadt, Grudziandz (Graudenz) and Schmintau,

The tobacco, clay, canning industries are developed, there is a power station.

The city has a large number of ancient buildings, among which stand out a cathedral in the Gothic style of the XIV century with a tower 55 m high and a castle built in the XIII century.

Under the Treaty of Versailles, the former district of Marienwerder went to Poland. Germany had only its northeastern part, which became known as the district of West Prussia. In November 1939, the Germans united the captured Danzig with part of the Polish territory, and this district formed an administrative unit of imperial subordination - the imperial region of Danzig-West Prussia with three government districts. The city of Marienwerder moved away from East Prussia and, as part of the new region, is the center of the district of the same name,

Elbing.

Elbing occupies 31 sq. km with a population of 86 thousand people.

Located on the navigable river1 Elbing, 3 km from the lake. Drausensee, 8 km from the southern coast of the Frisch Gaf, 6 m above sea level.

Elbing lies on the Berlin-Dirschau-Königsberg-Eidtkunen, Elbing-Bruneberg and Elbing-Osterode railway lines. It is connected by steamship to Kolberg, Pillau, Koenigsberg, Danzig, Marienburg, Stettin and Hamburg.

The city is divided into two parts: the old one, located on the right bank of the river. Elbing. and new. Old city is rich in ancient buildings of the XIII-XVI centuries, in the new quarters are placed industrial enterprises. Ahead is the metallurgical industry (Schichau shipbuilding plants, steam locomotives, machines and turbines), factories of motor vehicles, tractors, motors and agricultural equipment, as well as wooden parts for aircraft construction. food industry represented by breweries and distilleries.

Elbing is the administrative and cultural center of the district. Here are located the district and city authorities, the border commissariat, the district court, the pedagogical academy, the trade and craft schools, the real school, the secondary male and female schools, the city library of 56,000 volumes, the archive, the Historical Museum, 3 hospitals, 5 hospitals. Elbing was founded in 1237.

Marienburg.

Marienburg is the regional center of the West Prussian region. Occupies 28 sq. km with a population of 27 thousand people. Located on the high right bank of the navigable river Nogat (200-meter bridge), 15-19 m above sea level, at the junction of the railways Berlin-Königsberg, Marienburg-Deutsch-Aylau, Marienburg-Torun (Torya), Marienburg - Allenstein, Marienburg - Tigenhof.

Marienburg is the residence of the landrat and burgomaster, the district court, the water management, the district cash desk. There are two archives: the city archive, founded in 1398 with a library of 2,400 volumes, and (archive of the Marienburg castle (Friedrichplatz, 4). Museums: the state collection of the castle, opened in 1824, and the Nogatgau local history collection, organized in 1925. Gymnasium , lyceum, real school, hospital.

Industry: rubber, parquet, ceramic, soap; there are sawmills. The city is crossed by bus lines. Navigation on the river Nogat,

Doitsch-Aylau.

City in rural area Rosenberg district of West Prussia, separated in 1940 from East Prussia, occupies 23 square meters. km with a population of 14 thousand people. Located off the southern coast of the lake. Geserich See, 100 m above sea level. On the Berlin-Insterburg, Deutsch-Eilau-Marienburg and Deutsch-Eilau-Soldau railway lines.

There is a gymnasium, a lyceum, an accounting school, a sawmill, a potato flour factory and an engineering plant. Developed agriculture and animal husbandry,

Riesenburg.

A city in the district of Rosenberg, also allocated in 1940 to the new district of West Prussia. Riesenburg is located on a spit between the river. Liebe from the east and the lake. Schlosssee from the west, 30 m above sea level. It is a junction of the Marienburg-Deutsch-Eylau, Riesenburt-Freisttadt and Marienwerder-Miswalde railways. According to the data for 1939, 8,100 people lived there. There is a real school. From industrial enterprises - mills, sawmills and a sugar factory.

Reproduced from: East Prussia. Statistical review. 1945. Tags:

Albinus Robert "Lexikon der Stadt Koenigsberg Pr. und Umgebung"
quick guide to German about people, places, phenomena that left their mark on the history of the main city of the EaP
http://vk.com/doc11780017_199525627

Bachtin Anatolij, Doliesen Gerhard "Kirchen in Nord-Ostpreussen"
Thanks for the paper version. mebius777 and swinokotleta
http://vk.com/doc11780017_105732762

Dignath Walter, Ziesmann Herbert "Die Kirchen des Samlandes"
http://vk.com/doc11780017_105732173

Gause Fritz Königsberg in Preussen
Gause Fritz "Königsberg in Prussia. History of one European city»
http://vk.com/doc11780017_125903690

Gumbinnen Stadt und Land Bilddokumentation. Band 1
Anyone who is even a little stupefied in German should be clear to him.
Contributed by esesna mebius777
http://vk.com/doc11780017_148872451

Kurt Dieckert / Horst Grossmann - DER KAMPF UM OSTPREUSSEN
https://vk.com/doc11780017_241454535- 9MB, fully recognized text (of course, errors may occur), at the end of the picture)

Muehlpfordt Herbert - Koenigsberger Skulpturen und ihre Meister 1255-1945
https://vk.com/doc11780017_335005374- 40mb

Neumaerker Uwe, Knopf Volker "Görings Revier: Jagd und Politik in der Rominter Heide"
mebius777 shared scans of this wonderful book, they weighed under a gigabyte, I had to play around and it turned out to be 132mb in one file
http://vk.com/doc11780017_199835018

Schulz Horst "Der Kreis Preussisch Eylau. Geschichte und Dokumentation eines ostpreussischen Landkreises"
Threw the paper version starec_grigoriy
http://vk.com/doc11780017_152187667

Stadt und Kreis Darkehmen (Angerapp). Ein Bild- und Documentationsband
there are also many familiar bukaf. Threw the paper version starec_grigoriy
http://vk.com/doc11780017_148875478

Schoen Heinz "Tragoedie Ostpreussen 1944-1948"
Language: German, but a lot of all sorts of non-boy photos and information. Particularly interesting is the second part of the book, composed of memoirs German soldiers. Highly recommended for language connoisseurs
http://vk.com/doc11780017_132004078

Annanurov Aman-Murad "Battle for Koenigsberg"
You can say a bibliographic rarity. Released in 1965 in Ashgabat with a circulation of 5000 copies, which, by Union standards, is slightly less than nihua.
Is devoted combat way 18th Guards Division of the 11th Guards Army in East Prussia. The author writes about things that few people wrote about at that time. However, read, there are not very many pages, but as points for further research - that's it!
http://vk.com/doc11780017_103501783

Bakhtin Anatoly Pavlovich "Castles and fortifications of East Prussia"
drag and so it is clear what awaits when reading
http://vk.com/doc11780017_116470346

Butovskaya Svetlana Georgievna "City on fire"
A work of art about the situation in Koenigsberg before the assault.
The volume is quite small - 100 pages.
https://vk.com/doc11780017_208388958- 1.5mb

East Prussia. Quick Reference
Year of publication 1944, intended for officers of the Red Army
http://vk.com/doc11780017_117227637

East Prussia since ancient times. Team of authors
The most famous edition of 1996. One of the very first voluminous works in our area, from antiquity to WW2. But there is one caveat: some of the few illustrations (not all) when translated into b / w format are a little shitty, but you can find them on the Internet without difficulty, because the babayans are hundreds of years old
http://vk.com/doc11780017_148866260

Golchikov Sergey Alexandrovich "Battlefield - Prussia"
the first critical analysis of the East Prussian operation, although all the data is taken from open sources, gave rise to considerable holivars at one time
http://vk.com/doc11780017_116471136

Drigo Sergey Vasilyevich "For a feat a feat"
about the Heroes of the Soviet Union - participants in the battles in East Prussia / S.V. Drigo. - Ed. 2nd, add. - Kaliningrad: Kaliningr. book. publishing house, 1984. - 358 p.: ill. : portrait, maps; 24 cm - Alf. decree. names: s. 353-355. - Geogr. decree: p. 356-357. - 10000 copies.
mebius777
http://vk.com/doc11780017_125294337

Ivanov Yuri Nikolaevich "Dancing in the crematorium"
Autobiographical book about the first months Soviet power in Koenigsberg. Without reading this book, you will never get an idea about the feelings and experiences of Soviet people on German soil.
http://vk.com/doc11780017_131430460

The history of wars of the twentieth century in the monuments to their participants in the Kal. region
known to many as a "shit book", yes it is!!!11
http://vk.com/doc11780017_116468879

Kaliningrad 1960-1964-1968
there are three reference books of the corresponding years in the archive

State Archive Kaliningrad region is an institution that not only collects and stores documents, but also uses them in many ways. The staff of the archive regularly appear in the press with publications on the history of the region, help in the preparation of television and radio reports on local history topics. Together with scientists from the Baltic Federal University them. I. Kant prepared three volumes of a collection of documents"Most Western" , published the first documentary scientific work"East Prussia" , Big encyclopedic dictionary of the Kaliningrad region and Encyclopedic reference book "Small towns of the Kaliningrad region" , almost every year a scientific collection of materials and research on the history of the region is published"Kaliningrad archives" , published "Calendar of memorable dates" .

German foundations

GENERAL CUSTOMS OFFICE TILSITH

HAUPTZOLLAMT TILSIT

F.1, 1925 - 1941, 5 items

The fund contains: correspondence with the Imperial Ministry of Finance,

provincial finance department; list of settlements related to the main customs office of Tilsit.

PEASANT UNION OF THE PROVINCE OF EAST PRUSSIA. DISTRICT OFFICE GERDAUEN

LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT OSTPREUSSEN. KREISBAUERNSCHAFT GERDAUEN

F.2, 1937 - 1944, 10 items ridge

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE

ALBRECHT UNIVERSITY

LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHES INSTITUT DER ALBERTUS- UNIVERSITAET ZU KOENIGSBERG

F.3, 1834 - 1932, 78 items

The fund contains: correspondence with the university trustees and other correspondents on educational, financial, economic and other issues; documents of candidates for the title of teacher of agricultural disciplines; examination papers; dissertations.

KONIGSBERG STATE ARCHIVE

STAATSARCHIV ZU KOENIGSBERG

F.4, 1908 - 1943, 7 items

The fund contains: correspondence with institutions on archival matters.

THREE CROWN MASONIC LODGE

LOGE ZU DEN DREI KRONEN

F.5, 1846 - 1910, 4 items

SUPERINTENDANT IN RESELL

ERZPRIESTER IN ROESSEL

F.6, 1936, 1 item.

ROYAL ALBRECHT UNIVERSITY KONIGSBERG

ALBERTUS-UNIVERSITAETZU KOENIGSBERG

F.7, 1557 - 1943, 19 items

PROSECUTION OFFICE AT POLTUSK REGIONAL COURT

STAATSANWALTSCHAFT BEI DEM BEZIRKSGERICHT ZU POLTUSK

F.8, 1947, 1 item.

The fund contains an investigative file.

ROYAL GOVERNMENT IN KONIGSBERG. CHURCH AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

KOENIGLICHE REGIERUNG ZU KOENIGSBERG. ABTEILUNG FUER KIRCHENVERWALTUNG UND SCHULWESEN

F.9, 1802 - 1885, 21 items

The fund contains correspondence with church organizations on economic and financial issues.

EVANGELICAL CONSITORY OF THE PROVINCE

EAST PRUSSIA

EVANGELISCHES KONSISTORIUM DER PROVINZ OSTPREUSSEN

F.10, 1811 - 1940, 91 items

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF KOENIGSBERG

AMTSGERICHT KOENIGSBERG

F.11, 1926 - 1934, 3 items

The fund contains personal files of court assessors.

GUMBINNEN GOVERNMENT

REGIERUNG GUMBINNEN

F.12, 1832 - 1917, 5 items

DISTRICT COURT OF KOENIGSBERG

LANDGERICHT KOENIGSBERG

F.13, 1885 - 1942, 33 items

SUPREME PRESIDIUM OF EAST PRUSSIA

OBERPRAESIDIUM VON OSTPREUSSEN

F.14, 1837 - 1838; 1926 - 1927, 3 items

CHAMBER OF MILITARY AND STATE PROPERTY IN KOENIGSBERG

KRIEGS-UND DOMAENENKAMMER KOENIGSBERG

F.15, 1624 - 1818, 124 items

DIRECTORATE OF WATER CONSTRUCTION IN KOENIGSBERG

WASSERBAUDIREKTION KOENIGSBERG

F.17, 1900 - 1944, 12 items

Königsberg Port Society

KOENIGSBERGER HAFENGESELLSCHAFT M. B. H.

F.18, 1923 - 1945 , 5 pcs.

SECRET STATE POLICE (GESTAPO).

TILZIT POLICE UNIT

GEHEIM STAATSPOLIZEI. POLIZEISTELLE TILSIT

F.19, 1937 - 1939, 2 items

KOENIGSBERG DETECTIVE POLICE

KRIMINALPOLIZEI KOENIGSBERG

F.20, 1942 - 1943 , 4 items

GERMAN WORKERS' FRONT. DEPARTMENT FOR THE USE OF THE WORK FORCE OF THE COUNTY OF KOENIGSBERG

DIE DEUTSCHE ARBEITSFRONT. GAU OSTPREUSSEN

F. 21, 1942 - 1944, 4 items

MAGISTRATE OF KOENIGSBERG

MAGISTRAT DER STADT KOENIGSBERG

F.22, 1640 - 1940, 195 items

PROVINCIAL TAX OFFICE IN KOENIGSBERG

PROVINZIAL- STEUER–DIREKTORAT ZU KOENIGSBERG

F. 44, 1830 - 1940, 235 items

The fund contains personal files.

PRUSIAN MAIN CUSTOMS

DIRECTORATE IN KOENIGSBERG

PREUSSISCHE OBERZOLLDIREKTION KOENIGSBERG

F. 45, 1829 - 1940, 107 items

The fund contains personal files.

OLD SCOTLAND ANDREAS - GOLD CANDELABRA LODGE

ALTSCHOTTISCHE LOGE ANDREAS ZUM GOLDENEN LEUCHTER

F. 46, 1841 - 1846, 2 items

The fund contains: lists of lodge members; meeting minutes; correspondence on economic and property issues.

CHAMBER OF MILITARY AND STATE PROPERTY GUMBINNEN

KRIEGS–UND DOMAENENKAMMER GUMBINNEN

F. 47, 1734 - 1814, 22 items

ORDERSTMARIAATANGERBURG

ORDEN DER HEILIGEN MARIA IN DER STADT ANGERBURG

F.49, 1688 - 1756, 1 item ridge

The fund contains correspondence with the abbots of churches.

MARIEBURG WATER PLANT

WASSERVERSORGUNGSTATION DER STADTMARIENBURG

F. 50, 1916, 1 item

The fund contains drawings of the Galgenberg dam.

LOCAL GROUP OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS' PARTY. Pos. KORSHEN RASTENBURG DISTRICT

OSTSGRUPPE DER NSDAP. ORT KORSCHEN, KREIS RASTENBURG

F.52, 1939, 1 item.

DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION OF ACTS OF CIVIL

STATES BAUBELN. TILZIT - RAGNIT REGION

STANDESAMT BAUBELN. KREIS TILSIT-RAGNIT

F.53, 1874 - 1902, 44 items

POLICE PRESIDIUM OF KOENIGSBERG

POLIZEIPRAESIDIUM KOENIGSBERG

F.54, 1922 - 1945, 26 items

COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON HISTORY

EAST PRUSSIA

F.55, 1516 - 1998, 112 items

The collection began to form in 1992.

The collection contains: photocopies of documents for 1516-1796 obtained from the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts; materials donated to the archive by former residents of East Prussia; German archival materials for 1854-1944. on the water management of East Prussia, received from the institute "Zapgiprovodkhoz".

Replenishment of materials occurs as the annual accumulation.

Welcome to the East Prussian Photo Archive!

The photo archive shows historical views of the province of East Prussia. They will be supplemented with up-to-date images relating to the time when the German population lived here. The content of the archive is constantly expanding. The aim of this project is to show the most comprehensive picture of life in East Prussia by means of photography.

The photographic documents presented in the archive are enhanced by a detailed cartographic system on a scale of 1:25,000 with numerous plans. settlements. Unified classification combined with text information, helps targeted search.

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