Beydritten was first a suburban estate and then a quarter of

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, located north of the city center. Its territory is now part of the

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. The estate of Beydritten was situated north of the Ringchaussee and Ballieth and west of Quednau. Documented in 1389 as ''Bayderithen'', its name was of

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origin and referred to a personal name. The estate had its own school. The fort IV Geisenau, named in 1894, was built near Beydritten as part of the new

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constructed from 1872 to 1894.Gause II, p. 630 Beydritten was incorporated into the city of Königsberg in April 1939.

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* * * 1389 establishments in Europe Former subdivisions of Königsberg Populated places established in the 1380s {{Germany-hist-stub