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To: AuH2ORepublican
Yes, Kaliningrad used to be Konigsberg (or Koenigsberg) though there may not be many of the pre-WWII structures left now. As I pointed out on another thread, the king that Koenigsberg was named for was a medieval Slavic king, not a German one (Ottokar of Bohemia)...worthier of being honored than a Soviet official.

Indeed East Prussia used to be quite a bit larger...the southern half of East Prussia was handed over to Poland in 1945 along with some German territories further west, in compensation from the eastern territories Stalin was taking from Poland.

9 posted on 02/22/2005 4:36:32 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

"Kaliningrad used to be Konigsberg (or Koenigsberg)"



In German it was spelled Königsburg, right?


19 posted on 02/23/2005 3:13:31 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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