The Budwischken / Oberndorf desert is located around 25 kilometers east of the district capital Prawdinsk (Friedland (Ostpr.)) And around 20 kilometers north of the former district town of Gerdauen (Schelesnodoroschny).
The river Aschwönen (Swine , Russian: Putilowka ) runs directly past Budwischken . The place extended south of the river.
Budwischken was connected to the now Russian trunk road R 508 in the section between Osjorsk ( Darkehmen , 1938–1945 Angerapp ) and Znamensk ( Wehlau ) via an approximately 500 meter long side road. However, this side street no longer exists today. In addition, there was a direct road connection to the neighboring Schönlinde , which still exists today as a simple route and through which the desert can still be reached.
Budwischken was first mentioned in 1560. In 1625 the place was called Budtwetzschen , in 1698 as Budwetschen . According to local research, the name could go back to the Prussian word buda , which means something like hut . Other mentions by name from this period were Budewegschen (around 1601) and Budischken (around 1662).
On September 30, 1928, the rural communities of Budwischken, Jodeglienen and Schönlinde merged to form the new rural community of Schönlinde. Just as Schönlinde the small community was Budwischken in the District Muldszen (1936-1938 Muldschen , 1938-1946 hollows , Russian: Perewalowo) incorporated and thus belonged until 1945 to the district Gerdauen in the administrative district of Konigsberg the Prussian province of East Prussia . In 1910 Budwischken had 87 inhabitants. The village formed the new rural community Schönlinde until 1945 together with Jodeglienen (1938–1946 Wiedenau ). On June 3, 1938 Budwischken in "Oberndorf" was renamed .
As a result of the Second World War , northern East Prussia and with it the village of Budwischken came to the Soviet Union in 1945 and was renamed "Bystryanka" in 1947.
However, Budwischken / Oberndorf was completely abandoned in the post-war years and has not existed for a few decades. The place name "Bystryanka" was retained and later referred to the Mulden settlement three kilometers to the northeast . The area of the Budwischken / Oberndorf desert today belongs to the Russian settlement of Linjowo (Schönlinde) .
At what point in time the village was abandoned, it is not yet clear. Due to the renaming in 1947, it can be assumed that this settlement will continue to exist, but the extent to which there was a new settlement by Soviet immigrants is not documented. In 1990 the district had apparently not existed for a very long time.
Budwischken today
Almost nothing is left of the place itself. Due to the still existing trees and the partly existing paths in the desert, the former size of the place can still be roughly determined. All buildings and structures have been removed.
↑ Through the Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 17 ноября 1947 г. «О переименовании населённых пунктов Калининградской области» (Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR "On the Renaming of Places in the Kaliningrad Oblast" of November 17, 1947)
↑ Regional Atlas Kaliningradskaja Oblast , 2008 edition, p. 41
