Hufen

Hooves or Luis choice was a district of Königsberg ( Prussia). He lay west of Neuroßgarten, north of Kosse and south of Central hooves.

Origin of the name

The hooves was an agricultural area measure.

History

The hooves stretched out in front of the stone Dammer gate and passed much of parks and cemeteries. In the 17th century the city belonged to the village of hooves along with the Rathshof and Laak to the old town. The Schroetter map from 1802 shows these three hooves - districts ( hooves, front hooves and hooves means ) still completely undeveloped and consists only of meadows. Only the front hooves show a weak settlement along the road to Cranz. The hooves were amalgamated in 1905 to Königsberg.

On the hooves were at large park of Walter Simon Square and Luis choice. Otherwise there was the University Hospital and the Psychiatric Hospital. Here were I, II and III. Old-urban cemetery, I and II Tragheim cemetery, II and III. Neuroßgärter cemetery, the cathedral cemetery and the New Stone Dammer cemetery created.

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