Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast
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Zheleznodorozhny prior to 1946 known by its German name Gerdauen, is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) in Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast
, Russia
, located 93 kilometres (57.8 mi) southeast of Kaliningrad
, near the border with Poland
. Population:
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) in Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia situated on the Baltic coast. It has a population of The oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia. Since its creation it has been an exclave of the Russian SFSR and then the...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located 93 kilometres (57.8 mi) southeast of Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...
, near the border with Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Population:
Notable residents
- Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder (1741–1796), satirical writer
- Theodor Schultz (1770–1850), Herrnhuter Missionary, author of Deutsch-Arawakan Dictionary
- Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the YoungerTheodor Gottlieb von Hippel the YoungerTheodor Gottlieb Hippel, from 1790 von Hippel was a Prussian statesman, the friend of E. T. A. Hoffmann, and the author of Frederick William III's proclamation An Mein Volk...
(1775–1837), Prussian jurist - Wilhelm Steputat (1868 Rittergut Bokellen (after 1946 Frunsenskoje), District Gerdauen-1941), author, jurist, politician
- Joachim Freiherr von Braun (1905–1974), jurist
- Hans JenischHans JenischHans Jenisch was a Kapitänleutnant with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the Type VIIA U-boat , sinking seventeen ships on seven patrols, for a total of 110,139 tons of Allied shipping, to become the 26th highest scoring U-Boat ace of World War II.-Career:Jenisch joined the...
(1913-1982), U-boat commander - Hinrich Kuessner (* 1943), SPD-politician in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern