Kaliningrad

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Zelenogradsk

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Svetlogorsk

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Pionerski

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Sovetsk

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Znamensk

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Baltisk

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Links

This page is currently in preparation and very much an unordered list.

Independence For Kaliningrad

Kaliningrader Rustam Vasiliev’s blog on independence issues. English and Russian.

Castles Of Poland

Maps and history of the region with a large selection of old postcards of Konigsberg.

Northeast Pussia

Joost Lemmens site from a photo tour in 2000. Good notes, potted history and overview of the villages.

Konigsberg Wants Its Castle Back

Interesting article – and pictures – from Die Welt about the plans for recreating Kaliningrad’s old town.

The Samland

Historical site about the Kaliningrad fishing and resorts. (In German.)

Landsmannschaft Ostpreussen

The Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen (Territorial Association of East Prussia) is a federation of Heimatvertriebene – Germans born in the former province of East Prussia, or their descendants, that currently live in present-day Germany. Landsmannschaft Ostpreussen was founded on October 3, 1948, and its current president is Wilhelm von Gottberg. The Landsmannschaft is a member of the Bund der Vertriebenen

.The association consists of people who were expelled or evacuated during World War II or after, as well as people who emigrated in more recent times, exercising their right to German citizenship, based on a 1913 German law.

The Prussia Times

In German. Newspaper of Germany’s claimants to Prussia.

Junge Landsmannschaft Ost Deutschland

Young activists seeking to rectify the territorial injustices of World War 2. They envisage a joint German Russian initiative to give Kaliningrad self-determination.


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