Prussian Paradise (Samland)
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A landscape in the western Samland between Pillau and Lochstädt was called a Prussian Paradise .
The sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea are flat and stone-free. In the hilly hinterland to the north are large deciduous forests , to the west of the Mushroom Forest , to the east the Haffwald . Europe's northernmost beech stands can be found here . During the Thirty Years' War the forest was cut down to protect Pillau from the Swedes . The new forest was largely felled in 1914 at the beginning of the First World War , this time to protect Pillau from the Russians .
The Bernsteinregal tenant Karl Douglas wanted to establish a bathing resort in such a beautiful area , but the government in Königsberg refused to protect the new Cranz . When the East Prussian Southern Railway was opened in 1865 , wealthy Königsberg merchants moved to the area and founded the Neuhäuser (East Prussia) villa colony .
The Pfaueninsel in Berlin is also known as the Prussian paradise .