Suvorovo (Kaliningrad, Moscow Rajon)

settlement Suworowo / Spandienen Суворово Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Kaliningrad Urban district Kaliningrad Founded 1419 Earlier names Spandyno (1419) Spandienen (until 1946) Time zone UTC + 2 Post Code 236028 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 41 '  N , 20 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 40 '45 "  N , 20 ° 26' 46"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kaliningrad Oblast

Suworowo ( Russian Суворово , German  Spandienen ) is a place within the Moscow Rajon of Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg (Prussia)) , the capital of the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad ( Koenigsberg region ).

Geographical location

Suworowo is located on the northeastern tip of the Fresh Lagoon in the southwest of the city of Kaliningrad (Königsberg) , five kilometers from the city center. The Russian trunk road A 194 (former German Reichsstrasse 1 ) runs through the village . The next train station is Kaliningrad Mamonowski ( Prappeln until 1945 ) on the route from Kaliningrad to Mamonowo (Heiligenbeil) and on to Poland (section of the former Prussian Eastern Railway ).

history

The former Spandienen was founded in 1419 and was characterized by an estate and a peat factory before 1945. From 1874 to 1929 chip serving was in the District Kalgen in district Königsberg (Prussia) in the administrative district of Konigsberg the Prussian province of East Prussia incorporated. In 1910 the village had 142 inhabitants.

On January 1, 1929, Spandienen lost its independence and was incorporated into the municipality and the urban district of Königsberg (Prussia) . Belonging to this city has remained since 1945 after Königsberg came to the Soviet Union and was named Kaliningrad. Spandien got the Russian name "Suworowo".

Between 1947 and 2009, Suvorovo was incorporated into the Baltic district of Kaliningrad until it became part of the Moscow district .

church

As in most East Prussian villages, the population of Spain before 1945 was of the Protestant denomination. The village was parish in the parish of Haffstrom and belonged to the parish of Königsberg-Land I in the church province of East Prussia of the Church of the Old Prussian Union .

Today Suworowo is in the catchment area of ​​the Kaliningrad Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Resurrection , the main church of the Kaliningrad provost in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia (ELCER).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Location information East Prussia picture archive: Spandienen
2. ^ Rolf Jehke, Kalgen District
3. ↑ Uli Schubert, municipality directory, district of Königsberg
4. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Provosty Kaliningrad ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.