Moditten was first a suburb of and then a
quarter A quarter is one-fourth, , 25% or 0.25.
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of
Königsberg
Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...
,
Germany
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. Its territory is now part of the
Tsentralny District in
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...
,
Russia
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.
Moditten was located between
Juditten to the east and
Metgethen to the west; farther to the south along the
Pregel was
Holstein. It was documented in 1258 as ''Maudytyn'' and in 1389 as ''Maydithen'', names of
Old Prussian origin. The ''Spittler'', an official of the
Teutonic Knights
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in charge of hospital affairs, possessed the Spittelhof manor near Moditten. It was later owned by Johann Schimmelpfennig (1604-69), a Königsberg councillor and vice-mayor of
Kneiphof
Coat of arms of Kneiphof
Postcard of Kneiphöfsche Langgasse
Reconstruction of Kneiphof in Kaliningrad's museum
Kneiphof (russian: Кнайпхоф; pl, Knipawa; lt, Knypava) was a quarter of central Königsberg (Kaliningrad). During the M ...
. The philosopher
Immanuel Kant
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was good friends with the Moditten forester Wobeser; the summer house in which Kant stayed has been preserved. Moditten's forestry house was visited by tourists and praised for its ''
Kopskiekelwein'', a type of
currant wine.
[Albinus, p. 214]
Moditten was incorporated into the city of Königsberg in 1939.
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