Unterhaberberg Oberhaberberg Haberberg was a mostly residential

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of southern

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. Its territory is now part of the Moskovsky District of

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History

The hill Haberberg located south of Hintere Vorstadt in Natangia was first documented in the charter 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 ...

in 1327. It was one of the safest spots in the region when the Pregel River would flood. Gerke Hoppener, a

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employed by the

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, founded the village of Haberberg with 19

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and Kulm law in 1378. Grand Master Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach granted the village to the town of

in 1522. Haberberg was divided into Unterhaberberg (Lower Haberberg) to the north and Oberhaberberg (Upper Haberberg) to the south. The village administered Alter Garten to its west, but

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was a separate quarter; the two garden territories were divided by the Brandenburg Gate. The Viehmarkt in eastern Haberberg was a market for cattle and horses from Natangia,

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, and southern Lithuania. Just north of the Viehmarkt was the Hohe Brücke, a bridge connecting to the island quarter of Lomse. By the ''Rathäusliche Reglement'' of 13 June 1724, King Frederick William I of Prussia merged Kneiphof and Haberberg into the united city of Königsberg. All houses in Haberberg and Alter Garten burned down in a fire on 10 May 1775 and had to be rebuilt. Working class Haberberg was one of the most densely settled districts Königsberg and had one of the highest birth rates in the city at the start of the 20th century.Gause II, p. 760 Haberberg was heavily damaged by the 1944

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and 1945

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Locations

Construction of the

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Haberberg Church Haberberg Church (german: Haberberger Kirche) or Holy Trinity Church (german: St. Trinitatis-Kirche) was a Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church), Protestant church (building), church in the Haberberg quarter of Königsberg, Germany. Its 18th ...

began in Oberhaberberg in 1537; it was later decorated with a splendid

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interior. The Church of the Holy Family was built in Haberberg for

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immigrants from 1904 to 1907. Other churches included the Viehmarkt's Lutherkirche and the Baptistenkirche. Königsberg's central train station was located in southwestern Haberberg. South of Oberhaberberg in the Haberberger Grunde were artillery barracks. Other military buildings in the quarter were the Offiziers-Kasino, the Train-Kaserne, and the Artillerie-Ökonomie-Gebäude.

Notes

References

Oberhaberberg's Trainkaserne * * * * *Karl, G. (1924). ''Geschichtliches Straßenverzeichnis der Stadt Königsberg in Preußen. Einleitung und Ergänzungen bis 1941 von Peter Wörster.'' Königsberg Pr.: Verlag der Königsberger Allgemeinen Zeitung und Verlagsdruckerei. pp. 176. Reprinted by Verein für Familienforschung in Ost- und Westpreußen e.V. Nr. 4. Hamburg, 1992. * {{coord, 54, 41, 46, N, 20, 30, 09, E, region:RU_type:city_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title 1378 establishments in Europe Former subdivisions of Königsberg Populated places established in the 1370s