Krasnolesye (russian: Красноле́сье; german: Rominten, Groß-Rominten, Hardteck; lt, Raminta, Rominta; pl, Rominty Wielkie) is a
settlement
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*Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fina ...
in
Nesterovsky District
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of
Kaliningrad Oblast
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,
Russia
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, situated on the
Krasnaya River
The Krasnaya (russian: Красная река; pl, Rominta; german: Rominte; lt, Rominta) is a river in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast and Poland's Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Ma ...
(Rominta) close to the border with
Poland
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, in the north of the
Romincka Forest
Romincka Forest ( pl, Puszcza Romincka, lt, Romintos giria), also known as Krasny Les (russian: Красный лес) or Rominte Heath (german: Rominter Heide), is an extended forest and heath landscape stretching from the southeast of Russian ...
. East of Krasnolesye lies
Lake Vistytis
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.
The village goes back to a hunting lodge which was first mentioned in a document of 1572. The village later became a colony of tar distillers. ''Rominten'' had already been a hunting place for Prince Elector
Friedrich Wilhelm I of
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
-
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
in 1683. The region was elevated to an Imperial Court Hunting District by German Emperor
Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (german: Kaiser) and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918. Despite strengthening the German Empir ...
in 1890. The emperor's
Rominten Hunting Lodge
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The Rominten Hunting Lodge (german: link=no, Jagdschloss Rominten) was the residence of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the Rominter Heath in East Prussia.
History
The electoral Hunting Lodge of Rominten ("Kurfürstliche Jagdbude Rominten") wa ...
was built in 1891. After World War I Rominten remained a state hunting district, while the Lodge remained Wilhelm's private property.
In September 1933 Wilhelm refused to allow
Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1 ...
to stay in the lodge, subsequently Göring built his
Reichsjägerhof Rominten
The Reichsjägerhof Rominten was Hermann Göring's Hunting Lodge in the Rominter Heath (russian: Krasny Les; Красный лес; pl, Puszcza Romincka) in East Prussia. After the German attack on the Soviet Union, it temporarily served as G ...
. After Wilhelm's death Göring forced the heirs to sell the Lodge to himself.
Göring used the new structure until the arrival of the Red Army in 1944.
In 1938 ''Groß-Rominten'' was renamed ''Hardteck''. When
East Prussia
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...
was divided between Russia and Poland after World War II, Rominten became part of the Soviet Union. In 1947, it was renamed Krasnolesye (''Red Woods'').
Further reading
* Frevert, Walter (2008). ''Rominten: Das ostpreußische Jagdparadies''. BLV Buchverlag.
* Neumärker, Uwe and Knopf, Volker (2007). ''Görings Revier: Jagd und Politik in der Rominter Heide''.
References
External links
Vishtenetsky Ecological-Historical Museum
Gross Rominten
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Rural localities in Kaliningrad Oblast
Castles in Russia