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Kaliningrad, [a] known as Königsberg [b] until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland.The city sits about 663 kilometres (412 mi) west of the bulk of Russia.
Königsberg (/ ˈ k ɜː n ɪ ɡ z b ɜːr ɡ /, German: [ˈkøːnɪçsbɛʁk] ⓘ; 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 medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.
Królewiec may refer to: . The Polish name for Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (formerly Königsberg); The Polish name for Krolevets, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine; Królewiec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
This is a list of currently and formerly inhabited localities in the Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, with their former names, where available, in German, Polish, and Lithuanian. After the northern half of the former German region of East Prussia was annexed to the Soviet Union as an exclave of the Russian SFSR in 1945, nearly all the old German ...
March: Inclusion of the city, in Polish known as Królewiec, within the borders of the Kingdom of Poland following a request of the Prussian Confederation. [5] March: The local mayor pledged allegiance to the Polish King during the incorporation of the region in Kraków. [6] March: City authorized by the Polish king to mint Polish coins. [7]
On 16 July 1938, more than 1500 place names in East Prussia were changed, following a decree issued by Gauleiter and Oberpräsident Erich Koch and initiated by Adolf Hitler. [1] Most of the names affected were of Old Prussian, Lithuanian and Polish origin; they were either eliminated, Germanized, or simplified.
For the city with the Russian name Калининград (Kaliningrad), only the Polish name Królewiec is recommended and the use of the name Kaliningrad in Polish is not recommended, and for the administrative unit in which this city is located and bearing the Russian name Калининградская область (Kaliningradskaja ...
Initially, the current southern border strip passed under Polish control with Polish administration organized in the towns of Gierdawy and Iławka, however, the Polish administration was eventually expelled and the area was annexed by the Soviet Union and included within the Kaliningrad Oblast. [8] In 1946, the name of the city of Königsberg ...