Neurossgarten

Neuroßgarten was the name of a part of the town of Königsberg ( Prussia).

Name

With Roßgarten fenced pasture land was called, that was not reserved exclusively for the horses, but also other livestock served as a meadow.

Location

This district was northeast of the stone dam and the support center, south of the Laak, west of the German Order of the ring and to the north bounded by the Kniprodestraße. To the west lay the district Amalienau, in the east the old town, northwest of the front hooves joined.

History

The New Roßgarten was originally a pasture, which was initially built for the magnificent views with gardens and garden houses. He was one belonging to the old city and was founded in 1635 freedom. " The houses of the New = Roßgartens have for the most part a vortrefiiche view; excellent but why the Kantelsche, now Rohdesche house, the house of the Lord and the Lord Bock council of war council of war Scheffner deserve to be noticed. "

In this area, almost all clinics and institutes of the Albertina, in particular the anatomical and the Geological Institute were. Here, the People's Garden were with Bastion, Observatory and Observatory (1811-1813), the star of the garden, the Botanical Garden ( 1809), the Archaeological and Zoological Museum ( 1830), the so-called scholars Cemetery (Königsberg ), the Children's Hospital, two primary schools, barracks and the Heeresverpflegamt.

Religious buildings

• The Neuroßgärter church was built from 1644 to 1647 with a 84 meter high square tower. It is not obtained.

" The New = Roßgärtsche church is located on the site where there was a burial-place prior to their edification. The reason for the same was laid on 30 May 1644, and consecrated the church already on December 5, 1647. The tower, which is about 30,000 guilders costs, was covered with copper, before this happened but still, lightning struck on 9 May 1695 in the tower, but did not ignite, but merely melted the iron bands of the highest lying to the north window, so that the iron herabfioß dropwise. from a steel angle iron that was leaning on the lower window of the same page, he hit a piece, and schmelzte few drops from. Jm 1721 on June 21 lightning struck again in the tower, but the fire was happily deleted. the church itself has built a wooden ceiling in the form of an arch, resting their size regardless on any post. the pulpit is in 1643, and the altar in 1668. the Junker choir is builded by the altstädtschen merchants, and the municipal Choir in 1783 was built, and the present organ came into existence in 1747. It is strange that this church, merely came with all the necessary implements and the parsonage by mild contributions of Königsberg 's inhabitants to pass. The first preacher in the same was used in 1648 by the magistrates. The state rule ertheilte the magistrate that right, although the court and the citizens objected much against it. On January 12, the Ministry altstädtsche compared with the preacher of this church over anything that might give some to disputes between the two commons occasion, and this comparison is still used now as a guideline. The priest in this church belonged formerly to altstädtschen Ministry, but now the church has a peculiar priest. Next to the church is the school and the altstädtsche Wittwenstift. "

Personalities

In the cemetery of honor, among others, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, Friedrich Julius Richelot, Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder, Franz Ernst Neumann and Albrecht Wagner ( surgeon ) were buried.