Kalthof (Koenigsberg)

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Kalthof was a district of Königsberg (Prussia) .

Surname

The name is derived in Prussian and indicates metal deposits: "Kalts" (chisel); "cold" (forge); "Kalti" (to beat); "cold" (coin). An iron hammer was operated here until the beginning of the 19th century .

location

The village was outside the wall northeast of the Königsberg district of Sackheim on the route to Devau . The racecourse was to the west, the airfield to the east. The place was on the Königsberg- Podewitten (Russian: Malinowka) small railway line of the Königsberger Kleinbahn .

" The most pleasant thing there is the avenue to Kalthof, especially towards evening, when the setting sun throws its last rays on the hills on either side opposite the exit of this avenue ."

history

At the time of the order, Kalthof was an order's Vorwerk , the commander's farm . The revue field in the Vorwerk Kalthof, called Devauer Platz , was the oldest training area for the Prussian army. In his announcement of his visit to Königsberg, Frederick the Great asked that he should not wish any ceremonies. We acted accordingly. For his homage ceremony on July 20, 1740, only a large review of all the troops of the province took place in Kalthof beforehand.

The place was characterized by extensive barracks and was not incorporated into Königsberg until 1905. In 1750 and 1753 the king held large revues of the East Prussian infantry at Kalthof. 1895 Samländische referred engineer battalion its location in Kalthof. To the east of the small town center were still the parade ground, shooting ranges, the radio station and the military training area . The Königsberg Horse Railway Company offered local public transport to Kalthof. Since the company had to cede the inner-city lines to the city council, passengers had to change trains at the city gates. Four years after the incorporation, the company sold all of its property to the city, which then electrified the route network.

In the west of Kalthof, to the left of Labiauer Strasse (listed from the south), the following cemeteries lay: Cemetery of the Free Cemetery, German Reformed Cemetery, I. Altroßgärter Cemetery, Israel Cemetery, German Reformed Cemetery, II. Löbenicht Cemetery, New Catholic Cemetery, II Altroßgärter Friedhof, German Reformed Cemetery. To the right of Labiauer Strasse were the French Reformed Cemetery, Sackheim Cemetery, II Garrison Cemetery, I Löbenicht Cemetery, II Sackheim Cemetery.

Today some houses from the 1920s are still preserved.

Sacred buildings

  • Kaiser-Friedrich-Gedächtnis-Kirche, architect: Karl Siebold .

literature

  • Ludwig von Baczko : An attempt at a history and description of Königsberg. Koenigsberg 1804.
  • Fritz Gause : Königsberg in Prussia. Rautenberg, Leer 1987.
  • Georg Gerullis : The old Prussian place names. Berlin, Leipzig 1922.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baczko, Ludwig von: Attempting a history and description of Königsberg, Königsberg 1804, p. 193.

Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 23 ″  N , 20 ° 32 ′ 53 ″  E