Tragheimsdorf was a

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of northern

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. Its territory is now part of

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History

Tragheimsdorf was originally a small village located north of

Tragheim Tragheim was a quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Tragheim was first documented in 1299, but probably already existed as an Old Prussian farming village in 1255 when the Teutonic Kni ...

along the western shore of the Oberteich. It was incorporated into the city of Königsberg in 1908 and developed into a new quarter after the dismantling of

Tragheim Gate Tragheim was a quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Tragheim was first documented in 1299, but probably already existed as an Old Prussian farming village in 1255 when the Teutonic K ...

in 1911. Neighboring quarters were Tragheim to the south,

Vorderhufen Vorderhufen was a quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Tsentralny District of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Vorderhufen ("near Hufen") was originally a village in the eastern part of the Hufen region extendi ...

to the west, and

Tragheimer Palve Tragheimer Palve was first a suburb of and then a quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Leningradsky District of Kaliningrad, Russia. Named after the Old Prussian village Tragheim, Tragheimer Palve was once a ...

to the north. Several of the newly planned streets in Tragheimsdorf were named after battles and events from the

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, such as Tauroggen, Großgörschen,

Dennewitz Dennewitz is a village of Germany, in the federal state and old Prussian province of Brandenburg, near Jüterbog, 40 km. S.W. from Berlin. It is part of the municipality of Niedergörsdorf, Teltow-Fläming district. History It is memorable a ...

, Probstheida, Wartenburg, and Nollendorf.Gause II, p. 650 Auguste-Viktoria-Allee was named after Empress

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, while Cäcilienallee honored

Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchess Cecilie Auguste Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (20 September 1886 – 6 May 1954) was the last German Crown Princess and Crown Princess of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, the son of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Cecili ...

. Samitter Allee led to Tragheimer Palve. The Handelshochschule, the only business school of its kind in then-

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. In eastern Tragheimsdorf along the shores of the Oberteich was the Prussia Badeanstalt, a public bath.

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* * Former subdivisions of Königsberg {{Germany-hist-stub