Vorderhufen was a

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of northern

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. Its territory is now part of the Tsentralny District of

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History

Vorderhufen ("near Hufen") was originally a village in the eastern part of the

Hufen Hufen was a broad region along northwestern Königsberg, Germany, which developed into the quarters of Ratshof, Amalienau, Mittelhufen, and Vorderhufen. The territory is now part of the Tsentralny District of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Hufen's ...

region extending north and west of the 17th century Baroque city walls. At the beginning of the 18th century Vorderhufen was only lightly settled because of its position on the road to Cranz. The upper class estates of Vorderhufen disappeared during the 19th century, with most of them purchased by the military treasury in the 1840s to allow construction of new fortifications for Königsberg.Gause II, p. 404 Vorderhufen was incorporated into the city of Königsberg on 1 April 1905. Neighboring quarters were

Mittelhufen Baltic Fleet headquarters in Kaliningrad, formerly Königsberg's postal headquarters FSB office, formerly Königsberg's police headquarters Mittelhufen was a suburban quarter of northwestern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the ...

to the west, Steindamm to the south,

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 ...

to the southeast,

Tragheimsdorf Tragheimsdorf was a quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Tragheimsdorf was originally a small village located north of Tragheim along the western shore of the Oberteich. It was incorp ...

to the east,

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 northeast, and

Hardershof Hardershof was a suburban estate and then a quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Tsentralny District of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Hardershof was first documented in 1822 as ''Georg Harders Hof''Albinus, p. ...

to the north. Located in Vorderhufen were the northern train station (the Nordbahnhof), a

goods station A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are lo ...

, and the offices of the Samlandbahn railway. Institutions in the quarter included the Chamber of Agriculture (''Landwirtschaftskammer''), and the Neues Schützenhaus of the

Schützenverein A Schützenverein (German for "marksmen's club") is a local voluntary association found in German-speaking countries revolving around shooting as a sport, often target shooting to Olympic rules or with historic weapons. Although originating as a ...

. The Ostpreußische Mädchengewerbeschule was located in a section of Vorderhufen called the ''Musikerviertel'' (musicians' quarter), as several roads were named after composers (e.g.,

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

). The trade fair

Ostmesse The Ostmesse, officially the Deutsche Ostmesse Königsberg (DOK), was a trade fair in Königsberg, Germany. It was established to aid in the recovery of East Prussia after its separation from Weimar Germany following World War I. History Lord May ...

was located between Vorderhufen and Tragheim.

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