1255 - 1255 Births, 1255 Deaths, 1255 Disestablishments, 1255 Establishments, 1255 in Europe, Conflicts in 1255, Albert I of Germany, Adolf (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: 1255 births, 1255 deaths, 1255 disestablishments, 1255 establishments, 1255 in Europe, Conflicts in 1255, Albert I of Germany, Adolf, King of Germany, Batu Khan, Konigsberg, Principality of Arber, Sundiata Keita, Tr n Nh t Du t, Ph m Ng Lao, Francesca da Rimini, Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, Walter de Gray, Gran Tavola, Seal of Mindaugas, Guy of Ibelin, constable of Cyprus, List of state leaders in 1255, Johannes de Grocheio, John of Paris, Takaoka Muneyasu, Lorenzo Maitani, Helena Pedersdatter Strange, James of Viterbo, Jarler, Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Mas'ud, Dino Compagni, Abhaya Malla, William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros, Battle of Bryn Derwin, Sybille, Lady of Bage, Montefeltrano II da Montefeltro, Amanieu VI, Bruno II of Isenburg-Braunsberg, Ravenstone Priory, 1255 in poetry. Excerpt: Konigsberg .) (Lithuanian: Low German: Konigsbarg; Polish: the Latinised name of the city is Regimontium Prussorum; see also other names) was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945. It was founded by the Teutonic Knights just south of the Sambian peninsula in 1255 during the Northern Crusades and named in honour of King (German: Konig) Ottokar II of Bohemia (the German-language name Konigsberg literally means "King's mountain"). The city successively became the capital of their monastic state, the Duchy of Prussia, and East Prussia. The Baltic port developed into a German cultural center, being the residence of, among others, Richard Wagner, Immanuel Kant, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and David Hilbert. Konigsberg was heavily damaged by Allied bombing in 1944 during World War II and was subsequently conquered by the Red Army after the Battle of Konigsberg in 1945. The city was annexed by the Soviet Union according to the Potsdam Agreement and largely repopulated with Russians. Briefly Russified as (Kyonig...