Baltic Fleet headquarters in Kaliningrad, formerly Königsberg's postal headquarters FSB office, formerly Königsberg's police headquarters Mittelhufen was a suburban quarter of northwestern

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. Its territory is now part of the Tsentralny District of

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History

Mittelhufen was originally a village in the central part of the

Hufen Hufen was a broad region along northwestern Königsberg, Germany, which developed into the quarters of Ratshof, Amalienau, Mittelhufen, and Vorderhufen. The territory is now part of the Tsentralny District, Kaliningrad, Tsentralny District of Kalin ...

region extending north and west of the 17th century Baroque city walls. Many upper class estates developed in Mittelhufen during the 19th century. The estate Albrechtshöh was named after the ''

Amtmann __NOTOC__ The ''Amtmann'' or ''Ammann'' (in Switzerland) was an official in German-speaking countries of Europe and in some of the Nordic countries from the time of the Middle Ages whose office was akin to that of a bailiff A bailiff is a ...

'' ("bailiff") Karl Albrecht in 1828; after Albrecht's death in 1840 the Villa Albrechtshöhe, later known as Luisenhöh, was separated from the estate. The estate Kohlhof was named after the justice commissioner Kohlhoff, while the estate Hardershof was documented in 1822 as Georg Harders Hof. The villa suburb of Mittelhufen was incorporated into Königsberg on 1 April 1905. Neighboring quarters were

Amalienau The Villa Schmidt, built in 1903, has been maintained in Kaliningrad Amalienau was a suburban quarter of western Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Tsentralny District of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Amalienau originally co ...

to the west,

Hardershof Hardershof was a suburban estate and then a Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of northern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Tsentralny Administrative District, Kaliningrad, Tsentralny District of Kaliningrad, Russia. History ...

to the north, Vorderhufen to the east, and Steindamm and

Neurossgarten Neurossgarten () was a quarter of northwestern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of Kaliningrad, Russia. History The name ''Neuroßgarten'' means "new horse pasture" in German, with the eastern Königsberg suburb of Rossgarten (o ...

to the southeast. Hufen-Park was located in northeastern Mittelhufen on both sides of the scenic Hufen-Freigrabenschlucht. This stream and gully proceeded from eastern Hufen-Park through the Luisenwahl, then turned south and entered the Pregel River at Kosse.Albinus, p. 135 Königsberg's zoo, the Tiergarten, opened in Hufen-Park in 1896. Located south of the zoo was the

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n open-air museum (1912-38) and the new Hufengymnasium (dedicated 1915). Along Hindenburgstraße was the

Hufen-Oberlyzeum The Hufen-Oberlyzeum was a girls' Gymnasium (Germany), gymnasium in Königsberg, Germany. History Elvira Szittnick founded a girls' secondary school on Bahnstraße, later Hindenburgstraße, in Mittelhufen in 1902.Albinus, p. 135 Three years late ...

, a women's gymnasium. The road Hansaring connected Hufenallee with Hansaplatz near Steindamm. Local institutions included the

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, Oberpostdirektion (postal headquarters, now the

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headquarters), Prussian State Archive, and combined ''

Amtsgericht An ''Amtsgericht'' (District Court) in Germany is an official court. These courts form the lowest level of the ' ordinary jurisdiction' of the German judiciary (German ''Ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit''), which is responsible for most criminal and ...

'' and '' Landgerichte'' (now

Kaliningrad State Technical University Kaliningrad State Technical University (; abbreviated KSTU) is a technical university at Victory Square in Kaliningrad, Russia. It is located in the former combined Amtsgericht and Landgericht building which served as judicial courts during t ...

). Also nearby was the city's Polizeipräsidium (police headquarters, now used by the FSB). The football club Königsberger STV played its home games at southern Mittelhufen's Walter-Simon-Platz (now

Baltika Stadium Baltika Stadium (, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia, that was home to FC Baltika Kaliningrad. The capacity of the stadium used to be 14,660 before the 2018 renovation, but is now reduced to 4,500. History Entrance of the stadi ...

), named after the philanthropist Walter Simon, who donated the land in 1892. In 1933 the field was renamed Erich-Koch-Platz, after the Nazi Gauleiter. The football club

Rasensport-Preußen Königsberg Rasensport-Preußen Königsberg was a German association football club from the city of Königsberg, East Prussia. History The club was established in 1905 as ''Sportclub Preußen 05 Königsberg''. After a merger with ''VfR Königsberg'' in 19 ...

was based out of Sportplatz Rasensport Preußen on Stresemannstraße (also known as Fuchsberger Allee and General-Litzmann-Straße) in the outskirts of northern Mittelhufen.

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* * * Former subdivisions of Königsberg {{Germany-hist-stub