THE FATE OF Dresden during the second world war is well-known. A devastating allied campaign of air raids left the Baroque city centre in ruins; an estimated 25,000 people died, most of them women and ...

During the 18th century the denizens of the Prussian city of Königsberg wrestled with a puzzle: How could they find a walking path through the city that crossed each of its storied seven bridges ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In mid-1835, a shocking report from the city of Königsberg reached the desk of the Prussian minister of church ...

Ivana Schwinn holt, begleitet von Bruder Valentin, mit dem Akkordeon den 1. Preis. Genauso wie Sänger Miloslav, begleitet von ...

Say hello to Kaliningrad. This Russian city is more famous in the English-speaking world as Königsberg, a major center of East Prussia, birthplace of Immanuel Kant, and setting of “The Seven Bridges ...

An architect in the Russian enclave Kaliningrad is trying to rally support for plans to restore the historic centre of what was once the East Prussian city of Königsberg to its pre-war splendour.

The final collapse of East Prussia ended with the slow destruction of Königsberg once a symbol of Prussian power and German history. This episode examines the siege bombardment and surrender that ...

In April 1940, as German forces launched Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway, the light cruiser Königsberg took part in the assault on the port city of Bergen. While troops fought to secure ...