Komsomolskoye (russian: Комсомо́льское) is a residential area in
Moskovsky District of the
city
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of
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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. It was formerly known by its
German language
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names Schönfliess and Schönfließ as first a suburban village and then a
quarter 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 na ...
,
Germany
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, located southeast of the city center.
Schönfliess was located southeast of
Speichersdorf, southwest of
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, and west of
Seligenfeld. Medieval Schönfliess contained a hospital, which was purchased by
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 1521.
Albert, Duke of Prussia
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, then granted the farming village to Kneiphof on 10 May 1528. The village's farmers worked the estate of
Rosenau.
Schönfliess was incorporated into the city of Königsberg in 1939.
[Albinus, p. 280] Königsberg was transferred to
Soviet
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control in 1945 after
World War II
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. Königsberg was subsequently renamed Kaliningrad and Schönfliess first became Komsomolsky gorodok () and then, in 1949, Komsomolskoye.
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