Vorderhufen was a quarter of northern

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. Its territory is now part of the Tsentralny District of

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History

Vorderhufen ("near Hufen") was originally a village in the eastern 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. At the beginning of the 18th century Vorderhufen was only lightly settled because of its position on the road to Cranz. The upper class estates of Vorderhufen disappeared during the 19th century, with most of them purchased by the military treasury in the 1840s to allow construction of new fortifications for Königsberg.Gause II, p. 404 Vorderhufen was incorporated into the city of Königsberg on 1 April 1905. Neighboring quarters were

Mittelhufen image:Kaliningrad 05-2017 img50 Oberpostdirektion building.jpg, Baltic Fleet headquarters in Kaliningrad, formerly Königsberg's postal headquarters image:PoliceUFSB.jpg, Federal Security Service (Russia), FSB office, formerly Königsberg's police h ...

to the west, Steindamm to the south,

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 ...

to the southeast,

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 the east,

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 ...

to the northeast, and

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. Located in Vorderhufen were the northern train station (the Nordbahnhof), a

goods station A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are lo ...

, and the offices of the Samlandbahn railway. Institutions in the quarter included the Chamber of Agriculture (''Landwirtschaftskammer''), and the Neues Schützenhaus of the

Schützenverein A Schützenverein (German for "marksmen's club") is a local voluntary association found in German-speaking countries revolving around shooting as a sport, often target shooting to Olympic rules or with historic weapons. Although originating as ...

. The

Ostpreußische Mädchengewerbeschule The Ostpreußische Mädchengewerbeschule or Ostpreussische Mädchengewerbeschule was a girls' vocational school in Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia, Germany. Context In East Prussia the concept ''Gewerbeschule'' stems from Christian Peter ...

was located in a section of Vorderhufen called the ''Musikerviertel'' (musicians' quarter), as several roads were named after composers (e.g.,

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

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). The trade fair

Ostmesse The Ostmesse, officially the Deutsche Ostmesse Königsberg (DOK), was a trade fair in Königsberg, Germany. It was established to aid in the recovery of East Prussia after its separation from Weimar Germany following World War I. History Lord May ...

was located between Vorderhufen and Tragheim.

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