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Kalthof was a district of Königsberg ( Prussia).

Name

The name is derived Old Prussian and has metal deposits, " Kalt " ( chisel ); "cold" ( forge ); " kalti " ( beat ); "cold" (coin). Here is an iron hammer was operated until the early 19th century.

Location

The village lay outside of the wall northeast of Königsberg district of Sackville on the way to Devau. To the west lay the racecourse, in the east of the airfield. The place was because of the small railway Königsberg - Podewitten (Russian Malinowka ) the Königsberg small train.

" The most pleasant is the avenue there after Kalthof, especially towards evening, when the setting sun casts the outputs of this avenue opposite her last rays on the lying on both sides of hills. "

History

At times Kalthof Order was a religious Vorwerk, the farmyard of the Commendatore. The Revue box in Vorwerk Kalthof called Devauer course, was the oldest training ground of the Prussian army. Frederick the Great asked out in his announcement of his visit to Kaliningrad, that he wanted no ceremonies. Was acted accordingly. To his tribute ceremony on July 20, 1740, only a large revue of all troops in the province Kalthof took place previously.

The place was marked by extensive barracks and was incorporated in 1905 to Königsberg. In the years 1750 and 1753 the king took great revues from the East Prussian Infantry at Kalthof. 1895 moved into the Samländische engineer battalion 's location in Kalthof. To the east of the small village were still the parade ground, shooting ranges, the radio station and the military training area. The Konigsberg Horse Railway Company offered a public transport after Kalthof. However, since the company was forced to cede the urban routes to the magistrate, a change at the city gates was necessary for passengers. Four years after the incorporation, the Company sold all their property to the city, which then electrified the route network.

In the West Kalthofs left were the Labiauer road ( from the south enumerated ) following cemeteries: Cemetery of the Free Church, German Reformed Cemetery, I. Altroßgärter cemetery, Israel Cemetery, German Reformed Cemetery, II Löbenichter Cemetery, New Catholic Cemetery, II. Altroßgärter cemetery, German Reformed cemetery. Right of the road were Labiauer: French- Reformed Cemetery, bag Heimer cemetery, II Garnisonsfriedhof, I. Löbenichter cemetery, II bag Heimer cemetery.

Today, a few houses from the 1920s still exist.

Religious buildings

• Kaiser- Friedrich Memorial Church, Architect: Karl Siebold.