The University of Königsberg was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy by Duke Albert of Prussia, and was commonly known as the Albertina.
Elevation of the Albertinum and the northern half of the cathedral , c. 1810
Collegium Albertinum, c. 1850
Backside of the Collegium Albertinum in Kneiphof, where Kant taught. The quarter was destroyed in World War II.
The 300th anniversary of the University of Königsberg. Includes an interior view of the auditorium maximum, c. 1844
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
