New concern (Königsberg)

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New concern was a district of Königsberg (Prussia) . It was within the city wall, north of the Sackheim , east of the castle pond and west of Kalthof .

Surname

The name is derived in Prussian and refers to a guard post: "sargs" (guard, guardian, gatekeeper, turnkey, security). In 1405 a village of Sorgin is documented in Samland , the exact location of which is, however, controversial today.

According to popular parlance, it is said to have “got its name from the fact that the Prussian governor at the time, Prince Bogislaus Radzivil, when asked to give this new part of the city a name, was 'again a new concern!' should have exclaimed. "

location

The three Königsberg cities were surrounded by freedom . In addition to the castle freedom , the Tragheim , the Roßgarten and the Sackheim , the new care belonged to the castle . The main street was Neue-Sorge- or Gumbinnerstraße, later Königsstraße, which led to Gumbinner Tor or Königstor . To the north, the district was bordered by Kalthöfschestrasse.

history

The judgment seal dates from 1662 and shows a hand from the clouds holding a square between two open eyes. Under the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm , court servants were given lands here that already owned houses with special privileges. They could use the donated land themselves or give it to others against interest. The new concern consisted mainly of noble houses, the so-called "noble grounds". They were not under the jurisdiction of the Oberburggrave.

"On the new care lie: the French = Reformed church built between 1733 and 1736, for which Friedrich Willhelm the First gave 12,000 thalers. The building is too low for its size. The door has a very strong fronton supported by very massive columns. The On the other hand, the main front on the roof above is very weak, and a large semicircular window is attached above the main door. Not far from the church is the German = Reformed churchyard, which Georg Willhelm gave to the Reformers in 1623, as the Lutherans caused them many difficulties at the funerals; and The gift of this churchyard caused many a quarrel with the estates. The small hunter's yard or the hunting arsenal is used for the dwelling of some forest servants and the storage of hunting equipment. The royal house is used for the ecole militaire and the apartment of the teachers at the art school. This is recently due to the new care established Zimmermannsche Stift, in the Kalthöfschen Strasse the French = ref ormirte and von Bronikowskische Stift. In terms of privileges, the houses of Count Dohna from Schlodien are the same as the Dohnaschcn grounds in Junkergasse, and they are also where the brewery is operated. The Graflich Dönhof = Wolfsdorf houses have the same privileges, but are subject to their own jurisdiction, and the house of Count von Schlichen on Gerdauen, formerly the Landhofmeister Count von Gröben, also has its own jurisdiction. The best houses on the Neuensorge include: the regularly built house of Count von Schulenburg; Eulenburg's house, von Bolschwing's house with three risalits, the well furnished Gerlach's house and Höpfner's house, the von Kurowstian house in Willhelmsstrasse and the house of the negotiator Schnell and the Dorn's house. "

Later the district office , the art and trade school , the "Deutsche Ressource", a grammar school , an upper lyceum , the "Ostpreussische Feuersocietät" and police quarters were located in this district . South of the Königstrasse towards the Sackheim were: Ober-Realschule , Lyzeum , French-Reformed churchyard , St. Elisabeth-Hospital , Landeshaus , municipal orphanage .

Sacred buildings

  • Lutheran Church . Start of construction in 1640; Due to a dispute with the Catholics, who complained that the church was too close to them, the building could not be completed until 1648.
  • French Reformed Church , built between 1733 and 1736

literature

  • Baczko, Ludwig von: An attempt at a history and description of Königsberg, Königsberg 1804
  • Blažiene, Grasilda: Hydronymia Europaea, special volume II, The Baltic place names in Samland, Wolfgang Schmid Ed., Steiner Verlag Stuttgart 2000
  • Gause, Fritz: Königsberg in Preußen, Rautenberg Leer 1987
  • Gerullis, Georg: The old Prussian place names, Berlin, Leipzig 1922
  • Schroetter, Frey Lord von: Map of East Prussia together with Prussian Litthauen and West Prussia together with Netzedistrict 1796-1802, Historical-Geographical Atlas of the Prussian Land, Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baczko, Ludwig von: Attempt at a history and description of Königsberg, Königsberg 1804, p. 32.
  2. ↑ Baczko, Ludwig von: Attempting a history and description of Königsberg, Königsberg 1804, p. 149.

Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 53.4 ″  N , 20 ° 32 ′ 25.1 ″  E