The Königsberg Castle was one of the landmarks of the East Prussian capital Königsberg, Germany.
Königsberg Castle, 1895
Königsberg Castle as seen from the eastern side, 1910
Overhead view of the castle, 1925
Excavations at the castle site, January 2018
Königsberg is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now 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.
Königsberg Castle before World War I; demolished in 1968–1969 on Brezhnev's orders
The 14th-century Königsberg Cathedral
Prussian Homage: Albert of Brandenburg and his brothers pay homage for the Duchy of Prussia to King Sigismund I the Old of Poland, 1525 (painting by Jan Matejko, 1882).
Coronation of Frederick I of Prussia in 1701