Russia · Demolished
Königsberg Castle
Königsberg Castle was the medieval and Early Modern residence of the Teutonic Order's grand masters and later the dukes and kings of Prussia in the centre of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). Built from the 1250s and rebuilt and enlarged over centuries, it formed a large quadrangular complex with a very high Gothic tower, palace church and extensive state rooms and museums. The structure was heavily damaged in World War II and its remains were demolished in the postwar period.
First raised
1255
Its prime
1930
Today
Demolished
As it stood in 1930
The shape it held in its prime.
A large quadrangular urban castle complex of mixed brick and masonry: a very tall red-brick Gothic clock tower with an open arcade and steep spire flanked by pinnacles; adjoining lower wings with stepped gables and rows of rectangular windows; a massive cylindrical drum tower with a conical tiled roof at the corner; continuous curtain walls on a raised terrace above a filled moat and civic square; tiled steep roofs, stone façades and a richly scaled medieval silhouette intact at its prime.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1930.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Königsberg Castle — including 7 interiors: schloßkirche (palace church) interior, hall of muscovites (long pillar-free hall), prussia museum (north wing) galleries and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Königsberg Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1930 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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