Reichsstrasse 139

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The National Highway 139 ( R 139 ) to 1945 was one of the shortest state highways of the German Reich . With a total length of only 40 kilometers, it ran in north-south direction in northern East Prussia and connected the city of Insterburg and the Reichsstraßen R 1 and R 137 with the district of Gerdauen and the R 131 running through it .

Today the route of the former R 139 runs through the southern half of the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad and is marked as a section of the A 197 highway .

Road course of the R 139

A197 (Russia) :

East Prussia Province (today: Kaliningrad Oblast ):

Insterburg district (today's Tschernjachowsk Rajon ):

~ Swallow (Jutschinka) ~

  • Jodlauken (1938–46: Schwalbental , today: Wolodarowka)

Darkehmen district (1938–46: Angerapp district , today Osjorsk district ):

~ Ilme (Borodinka) ~

Gerdauen district (today Prawdinsk Rajon ( Friedland (East Prussia) )):

  • Abelischken (1938–46: Ilmenhorst , today: Belkino)
  • Oschkin (1938–46 Oschern , today: Korolenkowo)
  • Trotczin (1938–1946 Trotzenau , today: Ostrowki)
  • Groß Pentlack (1928–1946 Pentlack , today: Kamenka)
  • Nordenburg (Krylowo) (connection: R 131 )

See also