Speichersdorf (Königsberg)
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Speichersdorf was first a suburb of and then a quarter of
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History

Speichersdorf was neighbored by Rosenau to the north, Ponarth to the west, Aweiden to the south, and Schönfliess to the southeast. In the late 17th century the estate was controlled by the
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official Friedrich Kupner (1648-1719). On 16 June 1927 the estate and village were incorporated into the city of Königsberg. In the first half of the 20th century it developed into a working class quarter. Speichersdorf also contained a psychiatric hospital which was converted into a retirement home in the 1920s.Gause III, p. 43


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