Rossgarten

Roßgarten (also age Roßgarten, New Huben or nine Huben ) was a district of Königsberg ( Prussia).

Location

The Roßgarten joined just north of the castle and freedom to lay on the eastern shore of the castle pond within the city ramparts. West of the new concern was the elder Front Roßgarten. Beyond a small river with the Swan Bridge (west of Kalthof ) joined to the north of the rear Roßgarten. In the north of the upper pond was. Northeast of Roßgärter goal was the racecourse.

Name

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

History

The Roßgarten was a castle belonging to the freedom that was constituted in 1542 and got its own constitution. Your court seal from 1576 showed a green pasture, and for the Middle Roßgarten a white horse for the rear Roßgarten a black bull. Both parts belonged to Löbenichtschen community. After Henneberger the Roßgarten was undeveloped until 1539 to a jug ( inn ). 1540 Rear Roßgarten was built only with some scales, but here is a new suburb was from this time under Duke Albrecht schedule created, which was first called " New Huben ". A plot of land after another was prescribed to court servants and free artisans. 1550 emigrated Weißgerber a Konigsberg, who understood a finer type of tanning. Under ducal patronage, they settled on the slopes of which lay the Roßgarten to the castle pond, because they needed for their Walk and pitch mills plenty of water. 1556 received the Roßgarten arbitrariness.

The Roßgarten was created especially for the Dutch. Friesen had been recruited to drain the Danziger Werder and the jungles south of Königsberg. Often they had the Mennonite religion. However, it also came Reif bat, dyers, drapers and other craftsmen and brought with techniques that were otherwise in East Prussia unknown. This led to all sorts of disputes with the long-established craftsmen. Thus, the Dutch were soon suspected of being a heretic and had to be examine by the pastor Löbenichter 1543. Who deviated from the right doctrine was made; yet in 1550 forbade the Duke record all citizens, Dutch as a tenant, except they were as legitimate orthodox.

In 1800, the Roßgarten was a preferred residential area with striking wide houses. However, many Latvian Curonian - speaking people lived here. " The largest and handsomest houses on the Roßgarten are: royal building, which is occupied by the head of lying here in garrison Dragoons, the House His Excellency the land steward of the Earl of Lehndorf the Lord commerzienrath of white, the Wulf 's heirs, the Lord Bankodirector Kruger, which were stationed several infantry and grenadier regiments around 1800 by Korfsche of Buddenbrocksche and Criminal Rath Stägmannsche house. "On the Roßgarten. Later, the city hall was built, it was the union hall, the headquarters, the hospital of Mercy, the municipal hospital, a primary school, the town farm and the Fahrenheid pen.

Religious buildings

• The Altroßgärter church was begun in 1651 in the Baroque style and completed in 1693. It is not obtained.
• The Fahrenheid pen was built in 1786 of brick.