Courland (Vasilyevka)

Lost place Wassiljewka / Kurland Васильевка Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Kaliningrad Rajon Osjorsk Earlier names Curland / Kurland (until 1950) Time zone UTC + 2 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 25 ′  N , 21 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kaliningrad Oblast

Kurland , formerly also Curland ( Russian Васильевка Wassiljewka ), is a deserted place in Osjorsk Rajon in the Russian Oblast of Kaliningrad in historic East Prussia .

Geographical location

Wassiljewka or Kurland was west of the city of Osjorsk ( Darkehmen , 1938–1945 Angerapp ) about four kilometers south of Novostrojewo (Trempen) on today's municipal road 27K-161, which leads to Saosjornoje ( Kowarren , 1938–1945 Kleinfriedeck ) on regional road 27A- 027 (ex R 508 ) leads. Until 1945 there was a rail connection to the Insterburger Kleinbahnen via Trempen , which ran from there to Insterburg .

History

The manor village formerly known as "Curland" had only 59 inhabitants in 1818, but was able to increase their number to 96 by 1863. On May 6, 1874, Curland was one of the ten municipalities that formed the newly established district of Ernstburg. Until 1945 he belonged to the Darkehmen district (1938 Angerapp district , 1939–1945 Angerapp district ) in the Gumbinnen administrative district of the Prussian province of East Prussia .

On September 30, 1928 Kurland gave up its independence and merged with Ernstburg and Ernstburger Wald to form the new rural community Ernstburg (Russian: Sady).

In 1945 the village with northern East Prussia came to the Soviet Union and in 1950 was given the new name Wassiljewka . At the same time the place was classified in the village Soviet Novostrojewski selski Sowet (okrug) . In the local directory of Kaliningrad Oblast from 1976 the place was still listed as existing, on maps from the 1980s it is no longer recorded.

church

With its predominantly Protestant population, Kurland was part of the parish of Trempen before 1945 . It belonged to the church district Darkehmen (1938–1945 Angerapp ) in the church province of East Prussia of the Church of the Old Prussian Union .

Footnotes

1. ^ Jürgen Schlusnus, Courland
2. ^ Rolf Jehke, Ernstburg District
3. ↑ The Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 5 июля 1950 г., №745 / 3, "О переименовании населённых пунктов Калининградской области» (Regulation 745/3 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR "About renaming of places of Kaliningrad Oblast" from July 5, 1950)
4. ↑ Jürgen Schlusnus, Parish Trempen