Muscovite Hall
Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 36.8 " N , 20 ° 30 ′ 38.8" E
The Moskowitersaal was with its stately proportions (82 x 18 x 6 m) after its completion for a long time the biggest hall in Germany. Located above the castle church , it was part of the Königsberg castle .
history
Margrave Georg Friedrich I , who stood for Albrecht Friedrich as regent of the Duchy of Prussia in 1578 , wanted to build a church and a large festival and reception hall for the Duchy in the Königsberg Palace . Construction began in 1584 by Blasius Berwart , a master builder from Stuttgart, and was completed by master stonemason Michel by 1587 and finally by Hans Wismar in 1593. This is how the two-aisled, low castle church , bordered by two mighty round towers, was created , above which the hall stretched from south to north. It was inaugurated in 1594.
The wedding of the Brandenburg Crown Prince Johann Sigismund to Anna , the daughter of Duke Albrecht Friedrich , was celebrated here, and the coronation meal of the first Prussian King Friedrich I took place here in 1701 .
When Tsar Peter I stayed in Königsberg in 1711, 1712 and 1713 and was entertained in this hall, the name Muscovite Hall became established . In 1798, the young royal couple sat here with 3,000 ball guests at long tables and was entertained by girls from Masuria and from the Nehrung , which Queen Luise found “very sweet”.
In 1840 the hall was given larger arched windows by Friedrich August Stüler . A student ball was celebrated in 1844 to mark the 300th anniversary of the university. In 1877 the coffered ceiling was replaced by a flat arched wooden ceiling. By adding the grain floor, the hall was raised. For the centenary of the Prussian uprising, Kaiser Wilhelm II invited to a feast here on February 5, 1913.
In 1924 the room was taken over by the Prussia Museum . There fame artifacts of the Prussian army were shown. Famous and lost pieces were:
- The Curonian sleigh of the Great Elector on his hunt across the Curonian Lagoon
- The armor of Albrecht
- The regimental flags of the Prussian Army
literature
- Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
- Richard Armstedt : history of the royal. Capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia. Hobbing & Büchle, Stuttgart 1899 ( German land and life in single descriptions . 2, city stories), (reprint: Melchior-Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 2006, ISBN 3-939102-70-9 ( historical library )).
- Fritz Gause : The history of the city of Königsberg in Prussia. 3 volumes. 2nd / 3rd supplemented edition. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1996, ISBN 3-412-08896-X .
- Baldur Köster: Königsberg. Architecture from the German era . Husum Druck, Husum 2000, ISBN 3-88042-923-5 .
- Jürgen Manthey : Königsberg - history of a world citizenship republic . Hanser , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-446-20619-1 .
- Gunnar Strunz: Discover Königsberg. Between Memel and fresh lagoon . Trescher, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89794-071-X .