Königsberg (disambiguation)
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Königsberg may refer to several places, many of them not part of Germany or Austria anymore:
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[edit] Places
- Königsberg in Preußen, founded in 1256 and, until 1945, capital of East Prussia (since, Kaliningrad in Russia)
- Seven Bridges of Königsberg, a topology problem inspired by the city's bridges
- Königsberg in Bayern, a small city in Bavaria in present-day Germany, birthplace and eponym of the astronomer Regiomontanus
- Königsberg in der Neumark, since 1945 Chojna, the westernmost town of Poland
- Königsberg an der Eger (at Eger River), since 1945 Kynšperk nad Ohří in Okres Sokolov
- Königsberg in Schlesien (in Silesia), since 1945 Klimkovice
- Königsberg, Nová Baňa, Slovakia
- Königsberg, German name for Kongsberg in Norway
- Königsberg (Prignitz), a suburb of Heiligengrabe in Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg
- Königsberg (Gemeinde Göstling), a town in Austria
- Königsberg, a part of Biebertal in Hessen
- Königsberg (Královec), former part of Opatov v Čechách
[edit] Mountains
- Königsberg (Osterhorngruppe), in Osterhorngruppe, Austria
- Königsberg (Göstlinger Alpen), in Göstlinger Alpen (Niederösterreich)
- Königsberg (Harz), in Harz
- Königsberg (Nordpfälzer Bergland), near Wolfstein in Rheinland-Pfalz
- Kráľova hoľa in Slovakia (Königsberg in German)
- Königsberg (Großlage), a vineyard at the Mosel
[edit] Ships
- SMS Königsberg (1905), a light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy stationed in German East Africa at the start of World War I.
- SMS Königsberg, a light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy build during World War I.
- Königsberg (1927), a K class light cruiser of the Weimar Republic Reichsmarine and the German WWII Kriegsmarine.
[edit] People
- Allan Stewart Konigsberg (1935- ), better known as Woody Allen, American film director, actor, writer, and comedian
- Königsberg (Adelsgeschlecht), a noble family
- E. L. Konigsburg (1930- ), American author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler