War Chamber (Königsberg)

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The War Chamber in Königsberg was an authority in the Kingdom of Prussia .

meaning

At times referred to as the War Commissariat , it was subordinate to the actual royal administration alongside the remnants of the estates government. Among other things, she was responsible for collecting taxes . Under Friedrich Wilhelm I , it was supplemented by Karl Heinrich zu Waldburg with the domain chamber and then combined with it to form the war and domain chamber .

In 1724, when he also amalgamated the three cities of Königsberg, Friedrich Wilhelm founded a second chamber in Gumbinnen for the Prussian Lithuania , which later became the administrative district of Gumbinnen , which was devastated by the Great Plague .

source

  • Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . Verlag Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 (former title: Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. And surroundings ).