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Königsberg Castle with the Kaiser Wilhelm Statue is pictured here in sharp detail, along with the routine comings and goings around the castle in 1895.

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Königsberg Castle with the Kaiser Wilhelm Statue is pictured here in sharp detail, along with the routine comings and goings around the castle in 1895. This stone castle was constructed in 1257 as the fortress residence of the Grandmasters of the Teutonic Order and later became a residence for Prussian rulers. The people captured in… Continue reading Königsberg Castle with the Kaiser Wilhelm Statue is pictured here in sharp detail, along with the routine comings and goings around the castle in 1895.

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Pomp and ceremony in the 600 year old Königsberg Castle

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This finely detailed painting by Adolph von Menzel depicts the 1861 Coronation of King Wilhelm I of Prussia. This ceremony took place in the 600-year-old historic Königsberg Castle in East Prussia. Only a short 10 years later, this King of Prussia will successfully re-unite most of the states of the former German Holy Roman Empire...… Continue reading Pomp and ceremony in the 600 year old Königsberg Castle