Zakkhaim Gates
Litovsky Val St, 61, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236006
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century
Jermaine Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century
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Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) was founded as a castle and remained a fortress city until the end of World War II. In military science, Königsberg was considered a "double tête-de-pont," meaning "a coastal fortress on both sides of the river." The city began with a castle in 1255 and developed a fortification-defense structure throughout almost its entire history: the Königsberg fortress-castle, city walls and defensive ramparts, city gates, forts. It developed so extensively that, except for World War II, it was never actually needed since the 13th century. Nevertheless, Königsberg responded promptly to every movement in European military engineering thought, building or rebuilding various fortresses, redoubts, outer rings of forts, or systems of pillboxes. If we mentally lay out all these structures into a fortification chain, we will see the following picture of the evolution of the fortress city.
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Don Tower
Marshal Vasilevsky Square, 1, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236029
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Friedrichsburg Gate
30 Dzerzhinsky Street, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236004
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Royal Gates
Frunze St., 112, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236038
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Brandenburg Gate
Bagration Street, 137, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236039
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Friedland Gate
30 Dzerzhinsky Street, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236004
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Rosgarten Gate
Marshal Vasilevsky Square, 3, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236035
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Tragheim Gate
Victory Square, 1b, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236029
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Ausfahl Gates
Photo: Kemal KOZBAEV, CC BY-SA 4.0
Monument to 1200 Guardsmen, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236006
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Railway gates
St., Guards Avenue, 51a, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236006
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Wrangel Tower
2 Proletarskaya St., Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236029
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Bastion Grolman
21 Litovsky Val St., Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236038
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Astronomical Bastion (Sternwarte Bastion - Bastion Observatory)
3A General Field Marshal Rumyantsev Street, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236022
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine 
Bastion Kronprinz
38 Litovsky Val St., Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, 236038
Kaliningrad: the ring of Königsberg fortifications in the mid-19th century Jermaine