Tragheim

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Tragheim was a district of Königsberg (Prussia) to the northwest of the castle and was considered to be the elegant "Privy Council district" of Königsberg.

Surname

The name is Prussian from "trakas": clearing in the forest, aisle, Gehau, felling in the forest, high dry meadow with scattered bushes and "caymis, kaimas": village to derive.

history

The Tragheim was mentioned in 1322 in the Löbenicht privilege. The village belonged to the Löbenicht community until 1632. One can safely assume that it was viewed as freedom, because in 1577 Margrave Albert Friedrich gave the village a coat of arms with a brown stag's head between two green fir trees in a blue shield to the coat of arms. Initially, it was divided into the front, middle and rear Tragheim. The inhabitants belonged to the Löbenicht Church and were buried in the Polish churchyard . On the Tragheim there were a number of houses that were free from all taxes that the small jurisdiction had and that allowed the non-guild craftsmen to live. There were several foundations of distinguished citizens for the benefit of (distinguished) widows and orphans. In 1539 the Tragheim burned down after a fire broke out in the Lithuanian bathing rooms. In 1703, in a spirit of tolerance, the king allowed the Königsberg Jews to set up a cemetery on the Freiheit Tragheim. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Conservative Party resided here with the Ostpreussische Zeitung . This was also the editor of the Königsberger Anzeiger , the Georgine , the newspaper of the Chamber of Agriculture and a number of other small newspapers. After the creation of the Maraunenhof and Amalienau villa colonies , the Tragheim lost its position as a preferred residential area.

On the Tragheim the were government buildings , the University Albertina , the Palaestra Albertina and several university institutes, University Library , the Municipal Theater , the Graduate School , the upper secondary school , gymnasium and sports field , an elementary school , a children's school , a fire station , the Israelite burial ground , the tax office and the royal garden , which actually belonged to the castle freedom . Towards the Schlossteiche, in the best locations, were the Old Schützenhaus , the Immanuel Lodge , the Totenkopf and Phönix Lodge , the Three Crowns Lodge and the Park Hotel .

Sacred buildings

Steindammer Church
  • The foundation stone of the St Nikolai Church in Stone Dam was laid in 1256. In the 16th to 18th centuries the church was mainly used by Protestant Poles and Lithuanians. Only briefly, during the Seven Years' War , was it used as an Orthodox church between 1760 and 1762.
  • The Tragheim Church was built in 1632 and rebuilt several times. It has not been preserved.
  • The Tragheim parish hall
  • The Baptist Church at the upper castle pond

literature

  • Ludwig von Baczko: An attempt at a history and description of Königsberg. Koenigsberg 1804.
  • Fritz Gause : Königsberg in Prussia. Rautenberg, Leer 1987.

Coordinates: 54 ° 43 '  N , 20 ° 31'  E