Maraunenhof was a suburban quarter of northern

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. Its territory is now part of the

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History

The estate Maraunenhof, originally Maraunen, was located in the forest west of the Oberteich and north of

Tragheim Tragheim was a Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Tragheim was first documented in 1299, but probably already existed as an Old Prussians, Old Prussian f ...

since 1571. It was named after an

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farmer named Maraun, who acquired the land from

Löbenicht View of Löbenicht from the Pregel, including its church and gymnasium, as well as the nearby Propsteikirche Löbenicht (; ) was a quarter of central Königsberg, Germany. During the Middle Ages it was the weakest of the three towns that com ...

in 1605. In 1651 it was reacquired by

.Albinus, p. 209 In 1798 it was documented as the

Gasthaus A Gasthaus (also called ''Gasthof'', ''Landhaus'', or ''Pension'') is a German-style inn or tavern with a bar, a restaurant, banquet facilities and hotel rooms for rent. Gasthäuser are typically found in smaller towns and are often family-own ...

Maraunenhof. Part of the estate of Maraunenhof was transferred from the rural district of Königsberg ( Landkreis Königsberg i. Pr.) into the city of Königsberg (

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Königsberg i. Pr) on 1 April 1905, with the remainder following on 10 June 1927. A break was made in Königsberg's city walls near the Wrangel Tower (''Wrangelturm'') in 1906 to allow construction of a road north through

Tragheimsdorf Tragheimsdorf was a Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Tragheimsdorf was originally a small village located north of Tragheim along the western shore of ...

to Maraunenhof. The Königsberger Terrain-Aktiengesellschaft Oberteich-Marauenhof, a private development company, built Maraunenhof into a suburb of upper class villas along the northern shore of the Oberteich ca. 1911. Parks in Maraunenhof included Max-Aschmann-Park, named after the merchant Max Aschmann,Albinus, p. 94 and the scenic Stadtgärtnerei, established by Garden Inspector Paul Käber (1869-1919). The quarter's mostly Protestant residents attended the

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at König-Ottokar-platz, named after King

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; in 1934 the square was renamed Herzog-Albrecht-Platz after

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. In 1935 a military hospital was opened near Max-Aschmann-Park for Königsberg's garrison. The quarter

Tragheimer Palve Tragheimer Palve was first a suburb of and then a quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Leningradsky District of Kaliningrad, Russia. Named after the Old Prussian village Tragheim, Tragheimer Palve was once a ...

developed just west of Maraunenhof. The football club

VfB Königsberg VfB Königsberg was a German association football club from the city of Königsberg, East Prussia. The team played its home games at the ''Sportplatz des Vereins für Bewegungs Spiele'' near the Maraunenhof Stadtgärtnerei, aside from 1940 to 1 ...

played its home games at the Sportplatz des Vereins für Bewegungs Spiele near the Stadtgärtnerei, aside from 1940-41 when they played at the Sportplatz am Friedländer Tor between

Haberberg Unterhaberberg Oberhaberberg Haberberg was a mostly residential quarter of southern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Moskovsky District of Kaliningrad, Russia. History The hill Haberberg located south of Hintere Vorstadt ...

and

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. The women's athletic club Königsberger Damen Sportverein also played along Aschmannallee in Maraunenhof. While most of Königsberg was heavily damaged by the 1944

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and the 1945

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, Maraunenhof was relatively unscathed by

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* * * Former subdivisions of Königsberg Populated places established in 1911 {{Germany-hist-stub