Veilchenberg (Koenigsberg)
The Veilchenberg was a hill in the west of Königsberg (Prussia) .
Here, as in Jerusalem (Königsberg) , Heinrich Reuss von Plauen had a deep trench raised in 1457 in order to cut off the rebellious Kneiphöfer . The walling of 1626 left the Veilchenberg outside. At times it served the old townspeople as a high court .
At the foot of the Veilchenberg there was a powder house that gave the powder path its name. Heaped up as a dam in 1682, it led from Kosse on the Holstein dam to the Neue Bleiche, an inn with only two fireplaces . The path was planted with willow trees and lit by oil lamps . A trickle flowed beside him .
Around 1900 still a fallow land , violets bloomed en masse on the 17 m high hill in spring , which gave it its name. After the First World War it was decorated with beautiful green spaces. In winter it was used as a toboggan and ski mountain.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt : Königsberg from A to Z. A city dictionary . Leer 1972
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ' N , 20 ° 29' E