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Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk
; prior to 1946 known by its
German
name (; ) is a
town
and the
administrative center
of
Chernyakhovsky District
in
Kaliningrad Oblast
,
Russia
, located at the
confluence
of the
Instruch
and
Angrapa Rivers
, forming the
Pregolya
. Population:
History
It was founded in 1336, after the
Prussian Crusade
, when the
Grand Master
of the
Teutonic Knights
Dietrich von Altenburg
built a castle called
Instierburg
at the site of a former
Old Prussian
fortification. During their
campaign
against the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
, the place was devastated in 1376 and again by
Polish
troops in 1457. The castle had been rebuilt as the seat of a
Procurator
and a settlement grew up to serve it, also called
Insterburg
.
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