Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz was a German mathematician who made contributions to mathematical analysis and differential geometry, as well as number theory, algebras with involution and classical m
Rudolf Lipschitz
Königsberg was a German city established in the 13th century, which after the defeat of Nazi Germany became part of the Soviet Union and was renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. After the fall of the USSR,
Rudolf Lipschitz
…and differential geometry, as well as number theory, algebras with involution and classical mechanics. Rudolf Lipschitz was born on 14 May 1832 in Königsberg. He was the son of a landowner and was raised at his father's estate at Bönkein which was near Königsberg. He entered the University of Königsberg when…
Königsberg Castle before World War I; ruined in WWII, ruins demolished in 1968–1969 on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's orders
The 14th-century Königsberg Cathedral
The oldest seals of the three constituent towns of Königsberg: Altstadt (1360), Kneiphof (1383), and Löbenicht (1413)
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