Königsberg

Country

Prussia

Coordinates

54.7167, 20.5000

History

• Königsberg (1525–1918), 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 Kaliningrad
• Krzysztof Klabon (1550–1616), was born in Kaliningrad
• Johann Stobäus (1580–1646), died in Kaliningrad
• Heinrich Albert (1604–1651), died in Kaliningrad
• Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), was born in Kaliningrad
• Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822), was born in Kaliningrad
• Otto Nicolai (1810–1849), was born in Kaliningrad
• Ernst Haberbier (1813–1869), was born in Kaliningrad
• Alfred Reisenauer (1863–1907), was born in Kaliningrad
• Heinz Tiessen (1887–1971), was born in Kaliningrad