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East Prussia

  • Battle of HeilsbergOn the 24th of May 1807, Prussian General Friedrich Adolf Count von Kalckreuth surrendered Danzig to French Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre.
  • Battle of FriedlandEurope had become embroiled in the War of the Third Coalition in 1805. Following the French victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in December 1805, Prussia…
  • University of KönigsbergDuke Albert of Prussia issued the deed of foundation for the Collegium Albertinum on the 20th of July 1544. This document established a Protestant academy in…
  • East PrussiaIn the 13th century, Duke Konrad I of Masovia invited the Teutonic Knights to conquer the native Old Prussians. These crusading orders established a monastic…
  • Battle of EylauNapoleon's armies smashed the army of the Austrian Empire in the Ulm Campaign and the combined Austrian and Russian armies at the Battle of Austerlitz on the…
  • Klaipėda RegionIn 1252, the Teutonic Knights constructed Memel Castle where the Dangė river flows into the Neman River. This fortress marked a turning point in centuries of…
  • Finckenstein PalaceThe village of Kamieniec in northern Poland holds the ruins of a Baroque palace. John von Collas designed this structure between 1716 and 1720.