Dalneye (Russian: Дальнее) is a residential area in Moskovsky District of the city of Kaliningrad, Russia. It was formerly known by its German language name Seligenfeld as first a suburb of and then a quarter of Königsberg, Germany, located southeast of the city center.
History
editThe village of Seligenfeld, located east of Schönfliess and south of Jerusalem, was first documented in 1395.[1] It was granted to the Benedictine convent in Löbenicht in 1465.[2]
Seligenfeld's one-nave church was renovated in 1693, but burned down in 1845 after a lightning strike. The rebuilt church contained a paneled, wooden ceiling with wooden pillars, as well as two bells.[1]
The fort XI Dönhoff, named in 1894, was built near Seligenfeld as part of the new Königsberg fortifications constructed from 1872 to 1894.[3] The village was incorporated into the city of Königsberg in 1939. Königsberg became Russian Kaliningrad following World War II.
Notes
editReferences
edit- Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
- Gause, Fritz (1965). Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg. Band I: Von der Gründung der Stadt bis zum letzten Kurfürsten (in German). Köln: Böhlau Verlag. p. 571.
- Gause, Fritz (1968). Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg. Band II: Von der Königskrönung bis zum Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs (in German). Köln: Böhlau Verlag. p. 761.
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