East Prussia

province of Prussia

Königsberg (, ) was the historic German name of the city that is now modern-day Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the 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 that was native to the area.

ethnographic region in Lithuania, Russia and Poland

1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

former university of Königsberg in Eastern Prussia (1544-1945)

area of East Prussia

1914 battle

1757 battle

union between the Lutheran and Reformed churches in the Kingdom of Prussia

thumb|Auszra issues 10 & 11 published in 1884 Aušra or Auszra (literally: Dawn) was the first national Lithuanian newspaper. The first issue was published in 1883 in Ragnit, East Prussia, Germany (the newspaper credited it as ), East Prussia's ethnolinguistic part – Lithuania Minor. Later, it was published monthly in Tilsit (present-day Sovetsk). Even though only forty issues were published and circulation did not exceed 1,000, it was a significant event marking the beginning of the Lithuanian national rebirth that eventually resulted in an independent Lithuanian State (1918–1940). This period

1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

Lithuanians that inhabited East Prussia

château

world's first ornithological observatory

governmental district of East Prussia from 1905 to 1945

dialect of East Low German

Region of East Prussia (1808–1945)

government region, of the Prussian province of East Prussia

act by Prussian Lithuanians signed in 1918

group of East Central German dialects in former East Prussia

castle in Russia, formerly East-Prussia

thumb|Sasna on an administrative map of Poland Sasna or Sassen (; ; ; ) was one of the regions of ancient Prussia. It is now located in northern Poland.

1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

thumb|Kurenkahn The Kurenkahn (German plural ; ) is a traditional wooden type of flat bottom boat that was used in Vistula lagoon and Curonian Lagoon, East Prussia. The name comes from the German name of the Curonian people (Kuren). Kurenkahns were 11–12 m long, with two main sails: the large and the small. Kurenkahns were used to catch fish by dragging a large net (Kurrennetz) in pairs. After the expulsion of Germans from East Prussia, Kurenkahns were used for some time for fishing, but were later abandoned. In 2001 a replica of a Kurenkahn was rebuilt in part of former Memel territory now in

The "Ostpreußenlied", also known as "Land der dunklen Wälder" or "Lied auf Ostpreußen" was considered the regional anthem of East Prussia until 1945, when the lands of East Prussia were lost to the Soviet Union, and the Polish People's Republic. However even after the destruction of East Prussia, the song is still used to this day.

museum in Lüneburg

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Israeli historian (1900-1990)

winter campaign of the Brandenburg Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg against Sweden in January 1679