Königsberg

Country

German Empire

Coordinates

54.7167, 20.5000

History

• Königsberg (1525–1758), Kingdom of Prussia
• Königsberg (1758–1762), Russian Empire
• Königsberg (1762–1918), Kingdom of Prussia
• Königsberg (1918–1933), German Empire
• Königsberg (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Königsberg (1945–1946), Soviet Union
• Kaliningrad (1946–1991), Soviet Union
• Kaliningrad (1991–), Russia

Composers

• Matthäus Waissel (1540–1602), died in Königsberg
• Krzysztof Klabon (1550–1616), was born in Königsberg
• Johann Stobäus (1580–1646), died in Königsberg
• Heinrich Albert (1604–1651), died in Königsberg
• Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), was born in Königsberg
• Friedrich Adam Hiller (1767–1812), died in Königsberg
• Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822), was born in Königsberg
• Charles Meyer (1799–1862), was born in Königsberg
• Heinrich Dorn (1804–1892), was born in Königsberg
• Otto Nicolai (1810–1849), was born in Königsberg
• Ernst Haberbier (1813–1869), was born in Königsberg
• Gustav Jensen (1843–1895), was born in Königsberg
• Pavel Pabst (1854–1897), was born in Königsberg
• Max Spicker (1858–1912), was born in Königsberg
• Alfred Reisenauer (1863–1907), was born in Königsberg
• Heinz Tiessen (1887–1971), was born in Königsberg
• Gerhard Rosenfeld (1931–2003), was born in Königsberg