Mystical legends of Kaliningrad. The legends of Königsberg. Last Witch Konigsberg Story about the girl from Koenigsberg Light

Our old, missing fish and salt city keeps a lot of secrets and secrets. The number of mysterious legends about Old Königsberg and the current Kaliningrad approximately equal to the number of Mention of Cant VSU daily on a square kilometer. Here and there they tell the bikes about the mermaids of the Pragoli and the ghost of the antiquity of the Gofman, about unthinkable treasures in the basements of old dilapidated buildings and mythical creaturesuspending a blocking from urban roads. With the onset of early twilight in our warm room, there were stories about non-vacant. Together we decided to recall the most famous legends of our city.

- underground city -

Perhaps, each self-respecting Kaliningradets with snotty kindergartens knows about the existence of a mirror-built city under Earth. The usual such underground city - the Germans live in it, the very most that in the forty-fifth was noticed with the laying of belongings in the missing and did not go to the suitcases, and never went underground stock In Berlin, along with the rest, happily driving the whole road "Vir Vir Trinken". Pour over the overgrown paths through closed lances through the flooded passages in secret city Dreamed of any born in Kaliningrad, having hit himself a heel in the chest and the driving throat in a good dispute about the return of the paving slabs with a completely unknown who belonging to the country, about the right of the city is called their former name, and citizens - wearing national Prussian costumes, and, of course, to restore Royal Castle. After all, instead of a hated aesthetic goggle, the "head of the robot", a gray box, for which two hundred silver (infa - weaving) is climbing in a romantic impulse of the Half Citizens, it appears such a cute heart and native that the Royal Castle is embarrassed in his priority. Around him and walk up the inhabitants of the subway around him. And the pictures of the old city, by the way, that they like to hang in any restroom now, remove exactly there - under Earth. And then the proven man supplies them upwards, yeah.

- Secret bases and plants -

It seems that it is under Kaliningrad that the whole wastewhere of the world is concentrated, in which cities, bunkers, plants and almost Mariana Wpadin. According to legend, and to this day below, right under your Soviet high-rise building, super-secret huge underground plants. All in the fuel oil and sweat of the person work generations work on the assembly of aircraft and tanks. In the same place, without departing from the cash register, they are tested on a special airfield. On hidden from the gaze of ordinary residents of Kaliningrad underground tunnels Between bunkers, forts and even cities, they drive around on the used "Baháh" of the ninety second year. And you want - by train, you go - they are there the cutting of our terrestrial trams run. In one of the bunkers, to this day, care about the study of psychotropic weapons, affecting the hypnotic and zombie effect on the human consciousness, on the task of the Führrer employees of the secret "Thirteen Lab". We have long been open by Durov VKontakte and the meaninglessness of their further searches of the hypno-weapons to tell them about them - they do not differ in friendliness, they are not distinguished by the bunker and guests are not accepted.

- Treasures of the nation -

Amber Room, Raich Gold, Sacred Grail, Golden Fleece, conscience of deputies - All long-time lost relics are not otherwise, as in the cattle of the dungeons and the ruins of our city. So whoever knows exactly the mystery of the airborne room - so this is a trammer trading on the model in Svetlogorsk pictures depicting the stories from kittens in a basket to Madonna with a baby, and orange-yellow brothers with mosquitoes inside, able to decorate any outfit combined with carrot lipstick , blue shadows and a droplet of miselers. Where do you think all these gifts for relatives from Russia and souvenirs for guests are taken? Maybe from the ancient room, long covered in dark dungeons? We are looking for the world with lanterns and dogs treasury, and we have long been in the dungeon - there is enough space for another Balleton - and amber mice yes caskets from her drink slowly. At this, the legendary treasures do not dry up - along the old German mansions, and a couple of chests of the oldest family jewels can be dial. They stand there, not protected by anyone, you are waiting for you. Pocket sewn, guys!

Kaliningrad. Amber secrets
SmartNews collected the legends of the Kaliningrad region

Almost every city of our big country is in itself legends and legends that local residents transfer to each other from the mouth of tens, and even hundreds of years. They are told to children and grandchildren, travelers, guests, collect in collections, compose songs about them. We collected the most interesting and informative legends of Russian regions, on the basis of which the country's alternative history can be made.

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Each city of Russia has its own legends and stories. In Kaliningrad, archaeologists still excite the thoughts about the famous Amber Room, and the misfortunes of mysticism are found everywhere the notorious number 13. Historians argue that the secret laboratory of the Third Reich is on the territory of the city. SmartNews made up a list of the most amazing legends of the amber edge.

Mystery of the burial in Pantheon Immanuel Kant

The great philosopher left in his writings a lot of riddles, which today is not taken to remember. The author of ingenious works, which were ahead of time, often allowed frank flashes and speculation. So, for example, Kant argued that under Orenburg people live a small growth and with tails, and sturgeon in the same Russia eat exclusively by stones.

But the biggest riddle for his adepts Kant left after death. Almost a hundred years did not subside among scientists, the disputes, who rests in the pantheon of the philosopher. And even today in Kaliningrad there are people who doubt that a point is put in a long-term dispute.

- Despite the fact that the name of Kant knew the whole world during his lifetime, in a strange coincidence, during the burial, he was buried not in a personal assistant, and in the general crypt of professors of the local university - Albertin. In 1807, the French entered Königsberg, and the cemetery was equipped with a cemetery ... Stable.
Igor Odintsov

He remembered the grave of Cant to decades later - in 1880, when they decided to pay special attention to the Great Country, having burned his dust in a separate Pantheon. The Special Commission made an exhumation of the remains of the philosopher according to the existing burial scheme. Identification of the raised skeleton caused the members of the commission shock.

A professor of theology of Johann Schulz was resting at the site of Kant. According to the evidence of numerous eyewitnesses and the preserved chronicles, Kant was buried to the right of Schulz, but the search in this direction did not give any result. When, having lost the hope of finding the dust of the philosopher, began to dig in the other direction, almost immediately discovered the skeleton of another man of old age.

- After long disputes and controversy, members of the Commission concluded: it was these remains that belonged to Kant. The main argument was the comparison of the found skull and the posthumous mask of Kant. They completely coincided.
Igor Odintsov, director of GAU KO "Cathedral"

Despite the fact that more than one hundred years of the Prahi of the philosopher rests in a separate Pantheon, and today there are people who put this approval questioned.
Mystery laboratory

Most Kaliningraders will gladly tell the guests of the city about the unusual laboratory equipped with the Nazis in Königsberg shortly before the Second World War.

- The most incredible unusual experiments were carried out: on the study of occult disciplines and the possibility of influencing the subconscious of a person. There are witness of eyewitnesses, which in 1942 on the island of Kneikopf, in the very center of the city, saw Buddhist monks, specially brought from Tibet to the Lab Königsberg-13. Of course, the activity of the laboratory was shrouded in mystery. Until now, there are various retellings in the city about how scientists - Hitler's adherents showed their superpowers and punish the enemies of the Fuhrera.
Sergey Trifonov

Inspection Plan of the island of Kneikopf

According to the legend, the first performance of Adolf Hitler in Königsberg ended in failure. The leader of the nation hoar and "gave a rooster." One of the local journalists with echoism wrote about the confusion of the Fuhrera. The next day a young impressive person came to the editor, who said a talented reporter a bunch of compliments and giving a pen of chocolate tile.

The young man crumbled and left, and the journalist, turning the wrap, began to eat the yoke. For the whole edit, a terrifying crunch was ranked. The girl with cloudy eyes was boning the glass, and blood flowed from her mouth.

Another legend will be: it was the employee of the secret laboratory that the church of Cant's grave was instructed. The Führer gave an indication to study the Skull of the philosopher to make the anthropological portrait of the true Aryans. The act of meaningless barbarism did not come. It turned out that Scottish blood flowed in the veins of Kant, and the blood of a small Baltic nation - Kurya.

Magic number

As the legend says, each city has its own number. For Kaliningrad-Königsberg, this is a figure 13. It is no coincidence that the secret laboratory was named precisely with such an index.

Thrust dozen and numbers, multiple to her, are found here quite regularly. For example, on the main monument to the German soldiers of the first world, the so-called pyramid. The same Immanuel Kant did not escape meetings with an unhappy sign.

- In 1924, a portico, designed by the National Tract for Multiplicity and Symmetry, was embraced by the national thrust to multiplicity and symmetry around the grave of the Philosopher. Today in the registry of the traffic police Kaliningrad is listed at number 39. That is, three times to thirteen. In itself, the number is symbolic, given our conclusion from the main territory of the country. Remember how in children's fairy tales? "In some kingdom, in a threatened state ..." or "go for thirty lands." Ancestors knew when composed.
Sergey Trifonov, local history, head of the expedition group "Konigsberg-13"

The magic numbers lies in the date of the founding of Königsberg. If you fold all the birthday figures of the city - 1255, then it will turn out again the drawback of a dozen. Interestingly, the same amount is obtained when the numbers of the bottom dates are still two large european cities - Berlin (1237) and ... Moscow (1147). It is these two capitals for centuries that are struggled for Konigsberg-Kaliningrad.

Great Mystery

Incredibly many legends in Kaliningrad connected with the amber room. The great mystery of the twentieth century so remains a secret number one. And even superb Novodel, opened in the 70s of the last century in Pushkin, did not level the relevance of this riddle.

- It is definitely accurately established that the last time the amber room was seen on April 3, 1945. That is, three days before the start of the city's assault. She was evacuated from the Royal Castle, where she was kept during the war. It is possible to assume that the room was taken out of Eastern Prussia, of course. But this enterprise is connected with great risk. Our submarines have already dominated the Baltic, and the land journey was cut off.
Sergey Yakimov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Director of the Kaliningrad Regional Historical and Art Museum

The fact that the missing treasure should be sought in the Amber Territory, testifies another obvious fact. In the post-war Konigsberg, the main keeper of the room remained - Professor Alfred Rode. However, a scientist, allegedly agreed to cooperate with the Soviet authorities, did not say where the object flowered to them, and soon died with very unusual circumstances.

Every year thousands of volunteers are trying to reveal the main mystery of the twentieth century. The room is looking for on Earth, underground and underwater. True, experts argue that even if the masterpiece is found, it is unlikely to be able to operate. Over time, the glue on the panels in the panels lost its properties, which means that the prospects are destined to find only boxes with the sneaking of solar stone.

City's legends. Kaliningrad: Teleportation to the unknown

From comment

- I think it is absolutely buried Cant in Kaliningrad or in some other place ... It is important that he lived there for many years that he created his famous works, as well as his great theories. It is necessary to remember them, and the burial place is the tenth.
Natasha Smirnova, Financial Director

In Kaliningrad and its surroundings, a lot of places surrounded by mystic and legends. Sometimes there are mysterious phenomena, for the most part associated with distant past.

Skit Poinista

For the Kirchi Queen Louise (now Kalinin Park) is the officer cemetery. In the 60s of the last century, the graves of valuable things were writing there. Somehow they opened one grave and saw the skeleton of a young girl with surprisingly well-preserved fat redhead. Determiners cut off the braid, washed her, cleaned and sold the actress of one of the tours in the city of theaters. The actress made a wig from Spit, and soon she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Interestingly, when she shot a wig, then terrible headaches began. And when she was in him, the head was not sick ... later this actress died and died of a brain tumor, and Spit at the time of death lay near her sheet.

Curse of old church

In the village of the protected Slavsky district there is a destroyed building of Lutheran Kirle buildings of the XIX century. Local residents They argue that everyone who is trying to disturb, persecute misfortune.

When the village still wore the German name Zekenburg, the church was used as a granary. Once the director of the school gave an order to divide the cemetery, which was in the territory of the Kirch. However, soon after that, he suddenly left behind and died. They rummed that no accident.

A few years ago, the territory acquired some kind of LLC. Soon announcements that the building of the chicks is sold on the brick. After the scandalous report in the newspaper, a new owner appeared, who promised to renovating buildings under hotel. But after a while he was found hanged on one of the warehouses located next to Kirchi.

Another member of the new owners team was found dead in a brick booth through the departure of the settlement of the village. The cause of death did not find out.

One tractor was instructed to pull out the pit around the opposite of the walls of the walls of chicks. They say, while working to the excavator suddenly some woman approached, dressed in black, and asked why he digs the pit on the place of the cemetery. And then allegedly threatened that this pit could become his own grave.

The tractor driver, of course, did not pay attention to her words. After spending a shift, he sat down behind the wheel of the tractor and went home to the village of Big Berezhki. On the way, a completely young man stopped the heart.

And the foreman who led the works, burned alive in his way to Slavsk. Before that, his workers managed to disassemble the office of the office next to Kirchi. But what they did in the church herself, no one understood. There were rumors that there is a treasure inside the building.

Lie Stone

On the outskirts of the city of Pionersky, on the shore of a pure river, lies with a split into two parts a giant boulder. There is a belief that the polished person will not be able to go through crevice in stone.

According to the ancient Prussian legend, sometime on the shore Baltic Sea Lived two lovers. From the stone they swore each other in eternal loyalty, asking punishment for someone who would change the oath. Circumstances have developed so that they had to live in love for a long time. When they again met by the stone, lightning hit the girl and killed her - her love could not stand the test. And the boulder since then remained dissected into two halves.

Dancing forest

This is Curonian spit Also called "drunk". The trees do not stand here directly, the trunks of them as if twisted in the ring. This is explained in different ways - who is the impact of UFO, who - the experiments of the Nazis, allegedly infected with the local soil of some chemistry, and who more prosaic causes - strong winds, the presence of groundwater and, finally, caterpillars who eat side kidneys, which violates the growth of wood and leads to deformation.

And there is still a beautiful legend of pagan times. They say, once there was a sacred grove, which was guarded by the warriors-Prussa. They were not allowed here of the Inoverts, the exception was made only for the young Christian girls of the prediction, who trained local girls game on the harp.

Once the prediction saw the sambian prince of Batistry and was struck by her beauty and beautiful game on a musical instrument, which immediately made the beauty of his hand and hearts. But she replied that he would marry only the Christian. Then Batistry said that he would take her faith, if she proves that her God is stronger than these strong trees that surround them.

The prediction took His Arf and began to play. And suddenly the trees began to dance under her music, as if there were alive creatures! When she finished, they were frozen in the "dancing" poses. The prince was so struck by this that he gave the girl a precious bracelet and agreed to adopt Christianity. Subsequently, a settlement emerged around the dance forest, which was named after Princess - prein.

By the way, there is a belief that if you get through the wood "ring", guessing the desire, then it will certainly come true!

In Koenigsberg (now Kaliningrad), the central island of Kneyprhof on the River Prigol joined with other areas of the family bridges. I wrote about mysticism Knayprhof in the post. The location of the seven bridges, according to the legends, was also chosen not by chance, and the number seven was long considered mystical.
By the way, the tradition - to throw a coin from the bridge to return, appeared in Königsberg for a long time.
Once B. ancient cityI walked along his bridges.

Imperial bridge at the beginning of the 20th century

It is impossible to get around all the bridges, having passed for each only once. Among the citizens was an indispensable task - how to go through all the bridges of Knaiphof, without passing on any of them twice.
The task decided by Emperor Wilhelm. One day, a conversation came to the ball about the unsolvable bridge riddle. The emperor said that it would be easy to solve this task and ordered to bring him a feather and paper. Wilhelm wrote an order - to build the eighth bridge, which was named Imperial.

Map of bridges connecting the island of Kneiphof with the shores. Seven bridges are a mystical number.
Knayprhof has gained the fame of the "Magog Islands", said that bridges in foggy twilight could lead to other worlds. The island is located at the crossroads of these worlds. No wonder they were interested in the sorcerers of Hitler.

Until our seven bridges survived only three. The ghosts of the citizens of the past epoch appear here and these days, pass important, hurrying in their affairs. Maybe rushing from one "parallel world" to another through the island?

Each bridge has its own history and legends.

Beach Most

Most old Most Koenigsberg, built at the end of the 13th century. Then he joined two settlements - Knayprhof on the island and Altstadt (Royal Castle) on the shore. Originally was called - Bridge of St. George. Settlements were then not a single city and even bent each other. The bridge became a neutral territory where trade was carried out. Along the bridge stood tents of merchants, so the bridge nicknamed the bearing. Here also sold a strong alcoholic beverage "Proshelskaya Skurn".

The bridge over the centuries dilapidated, was disassembled and rebuilt in 1900 in the recovery bridge. The war suffered greatly and was restored by Soviet restorers. Unfortunately, in the seventies, as "party ordered" the bridge was demolished, and an overpass took place in his place.

Green Bridge

Built in early 14th century. At first, the bridge was wooden and was called the Long Street Bridge, which took place from the castle to the hospital of St. George. The wooden bridge was often rooted and was anew. In the 16th century, the bridge, built after the fire, was painted in green, so he became a "green bridge." There were noble merchants for negotiations on this bridge. The bridge was "postal", the deaths brought here letters. Dear citizens came for an important mail personally and at the same time met with companions.
In the 17th century, the Exchange was built next to the bridge, the current building of which is the restructuring of the late 19th century.

The bridge was upgraded at the beginning of the 20th century. I survived the war, was renovated. Unfortunately, he was graduated from a fate of a bench bridge, he was destroyed "by order of the party" for the construction of the overpass, which passes right on the place of these two bridges.

Green bridge at the beginning of the 20th century

Building stock exchange and green bridge at the beginning of the 20th century

The estacade that runs on the place of the bearing and green bridge

View from the part of the overpass (former green bridge) on the stock exchange

Drain (working) bridge

Built in the second half of the 14th century, near (50 meters) with a green bridge. The bridge was used to cross cargo. In the 17th century, on Easter, 1621 in Königsberg there was a terrible flood, flooded Kneyprhof Island. According to the memories of contemporaries "The ships threw on city trees, the rats were floating on the populles of coffins, and in the cathedral the water was kneeling". When flooding the bridge was destroyed, hastily restored. Rebuilt overhanded at the end of the 19th century. War did not survive the war.

Earlier 50 meters here was a worker bridge

Konigsberg cathedralwhen there was a bridge

Blacksmith Bridge

Built in the second half of the 14th century, also at first was wooden. His name received thanks to the forges located nearby. It was rebuilt at the end of the 19th century with an adjustable mechanism. Nearby was a turret, in which there was a "management point" bridge.
The bridge is destroyed during the war.

Wooden bridge

Built in the early 15th century. On the bridge there was a memorable board with quotes from the Prussian Chronicles. Rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th, preserved to this day. Even the bridge columns are preserved.

Bridge lived to this day

High bridge

Built in early 16th century. The legend is connected with him about the "truthful" Baron Münhgausen and his lost boot. Once, by passing a local noble beer, Baron wandered into a high bridge area. He could not find his home, so he stopped at night in the nearest hotel. The room was so small that the Baron was, when he was, could not fit in full growth. He pulled his feet into the open window. Without removing the boots, the baron fell asleep. In the morning, Münhhausen discovered that one boot fell into the water of the river.

The famous Baron Munchhausen became the legend of Königsberg

In the early 19th century, the bridge was rebuilt.

The high bridge today is not so beautiful, but preserved

And in this turret, the mechanism for wiring the bridge

Honey Most

Built in the second half of the 16th century.
A few legends are associated with the name of the bridge. According to one version, the bridge built a "honey magnate" of that era to connect Kneyprhof with his honey bench on the shore of the break. To do this, he even gave a bribe to the mayor of Knaprichof by honey barrels. According to another version, the magnate bought a whole bridge for honey. There is a version that with the builders of the bridge we paid honey. Residents of the neighboring area - Altstadt, who disliked Knayprhof, nicknamed its inhabitants - honey lysuns.

Romantic legends are connected with the bridge: "If your favorite girl moves three times on his hands through the honeymoon, it is three times to deal with each shore and finish the cycle on the shore of Knayprhof, and without lowering it with the hands, then she will love you forever"

Honey bridge today

Imperial bridge

This bridge was built in 1905 by order of Emperor Wilhelm, which in this way solved the mystery of the "seven bridges". The bridge was destroyed during the war. In 2005, a new bridge was built on his supports in honor of the anniversary of the city, which was called the anniversary.

So the bridge looked at the beginning of the 20th century

New Jubilee Bridge

Jubilee Bridge View

It may be in this legend not a gram of truth, but I like it insanely. Do not disperse and read it to the end.

In the spring of 1255, after a successful winter campaign on Prussia of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (its full and official name - Ordo Domus Sanctae Mariae Teutonicorum "Order of the House of St. Mary German"). Popo von Osterna, Margraph Brandenburg Otto III, Elbing Prince Henrich von Maizsen and Bohemian King Ottokara II Prezhysla, on the advice of the last, on the banks of the PREGEL River, not far from her sign in Frisheshaf Bay, the castle was laid.
It was not the first strengthening of the Prussians built by German knights. By 1240, they already built a twenty-one fortified point, and everyone stood either on the spot of captured Prussian fortresses - such, for example, Balg's castles, Lenzenburg, Kreuzburg, or on a strategically advantageous plot, arguing the military position of the Teutonic Order on this land.
But the castle, built on the banks of the Pregel, was special.

After the uprising of Prussians in 1242-1249, when many ordinar fortifications were destroyed, located nearby the city burned, and the German colonists ingoing them were cut out, it became clear that the final and real statement of the power of Christianity over Prussians on these lands would not give Just a military victory. This power was necessary to reinforce the special magical act, which would change the most ideological foundations of the whole territory, would leave the Prussian gods without their sacred strength and would weaken the Prussian tribes, would deprive them of their famous military spirit.
It was this function that the castle should be performed on the banks of the Pregel. It was decided to put the hill on the crushed sacred oaks, which Prussians called Tuvangust and which worshiped, considering the habitat of their gods.
Early in the morning on April 7, 1255, a detachment of ten knights led by Borhard von Hornhausen, who later became the Kits Castle, came out on the latest spring snow out of Balg and headed towards the place of intended construction.
Drown slowly, enjoying the first spring sun. In the middle of the day they stopped on vacation in the old Prussian fortress captured by the Order of Years Fifteen Back and named Lensenburg (by now this fortress is not preserved).
In the morning of the next day they went on, knowing that the place would be distinguished only in the evening. Catching at noon across the Freshing River (now it is a cool river), noted that the castle planned at the scene in the bay in the bay is really necessary, and hoped on his quick construction: they were rumored that it was instructed by the Master of the Order of Margraff Brandenburg Otto III . (In 1266, Otto III really built a castle in this place and called him Brandenburg "for eternal memory in honor of the marking of his"). In 1267, the castle was captured and burned with prouds, but in the same year he was restored by knights of the Order. It was arranged here and a daytime share. Everyone had a raised mood: everyone knew that he fell to solve the special task of the Order and the Holy Church of Christ, and it was touched, gave a sense of exceptionality and even chosenness.
No one suspected that it would be a member of important, mystical events that would define the fate of all this edge for a century ahead.
Closer to the evening they approached the Pregel, or, as the Prussians themselves called this river, Lypce. On loose ice, carefully carrying out horses between dark promoines, first switched to a wooded island, from which the Tuvangste was already completely handed to hand, and then on the other side, right to the hill, on which, actually, and Dolnul was a castle.
Already maddle. On the hillside on the left, separated from Tuvangsta a small stream, a large Prussian settlement was visible. Brothers and sent him to him, hoping to find there the night and dinner.
Six years ago, the Order was in a state of war with all Prussian tribes. But all the blood is tired: and Prussians, and the Order Brothers - and the truce was concluded. It was beneficial primarily to the Order. But Prussians were satisfied: everyone who was taken in the captive and turned into Christianity were issued to freedom with the condition not to return to paganism. However, many did not hold back promises. Visiting church services, after secretly came to the temple in sacred groves And there were boiled meat and drank beer - so, according to them, they brought victims to their gods.
Order more cunningly behaved. Restoring its strengthening and increasing garrisons - including at the expense of Prussians who preserve their loyalty to Christianity, - he began to further master the Prussian lands. Here and a few months ago, a big campaign was performed on the sambi, who made the influence of the Order even wider.
With all this, the outside world between the Order and Prussians was still observed. If necessary, the brothers could also find both the brothers and food for themselves and for their horses, but the main and paradoxical - assistance necessary in the construction of fortresses.
Borhard von Hornhausen knew all this and therefore led his detachment to the Prussian village with a light heart. Tomorrow, April 9, 1255, in the morning he will gather all healthy men for work on the castle laying, and at noon, the cutting of the oaks on top of the Tuvangsta will begin. Everything developed as it is impossible to more successfully. Works will be held quite close to the village of Prussians, and the brothers will be able to live in it until winter. And there and the premises of the fortress will be ready. The drew the oaks will be used right there - they will go to the construction of the first walls and towers.
From the village, to which the Borgard von Hornhausen, directed his squad, was far away in the evening air student inhabited by human housing. Delicious smelled smoke, fresh bread, fried pork meat and cow dung, still stored fragrances dry summer herbs. Somewhere the children laughed, and the deaf men's voice gently soothe them. In the highest, under the most reed roofs, the windows of wooden log cabins fluttered the flaps of the fire that grieved in home foci. And the first evening stars light up above the roofs.
"That's the, peaceful and simple, there should be the life of every Christian," Barhard von Hornhausen thought, driving the village of Village, "and the brothers of our Order will not regret themselves so that it always was."
No one was counting on the warm welcome, but for some reason he was even colder than expected. Men frown took from the brothers of the horses, women, without raising her eyes and without a single word, put a dish with bread, large clay bowls with cheese, mugs and jugs with milk. And everyone diverged, leaving the brothers alone in this strong, but suddenly the uncomfortable house with a burning house, with a covered table, for which no one invited them. And it was not clear what to do next: whether to start food, without waiting for the owners, whether to wait for them to return, struggling with hunger and submissively taking their rare unacceptableness.
All silent. Flambed and gasley sparks on the coals of the hearth. Warm severity slowly, graveyardly spilled around the body, making a distant and unimportant thought about food. A recent campaign was remembered, a few weeks of a breather in Balg's castle. For many, this land has become its own - so the brothers thought about her and said so. It was necessary only that the Holy Faith Christ would spread through all its corners, and it was them, the brothers of the Teutonic Order, who hardered their weapons and faith in Jerusalem himself, fell a high mission to carry out this. For this, it was worth living and die!
Someone touched Burchand von Hornhausen by the shoulder. He looked around and saw the elder him standing near him in a light woolen shirt to heaters, with a simple rope belt, in a strange felt cap. In his hand he kept a high staff - a long trunk of a young tree, turned upside down with roots. Clear, penetrating - not at all the senile was his eyes, but deep pain was through this look.
"This is Crevetis, the Supreme Priest of Prussians," the Barhard von Hornhausen understood himself, unexpectedly for himself. And with this understanding, some strange way came and a deliberate knowledge of what he will say now.
Berchanda von Hornhausen, closely looking into the eyes of Burchand, Suddenly spoke in the Rhine Instant, but his lips only barely agreed:
- It's not too late, - heard Borhard von Hornhausen as it were in herself. - Stop. The road that your king-magician otdokar indicates will lead to troubles. Your foot should not step on Earth Tuvangste. Fear of giving up our gods - no one to humiliate the sun and the sky, youth and maturity, the sea and the earth. And do not revenge their inexorab. It is impossible to enter the battle with the fact that there is life itself, and remain unpunished. Tell me about all this to your king Magu. And tomorrow, go back to your castle to do what you did before and what is meant to you.
Krevetis Kryve was silent. The fire in the focus suddenly flashed brightly, insterprise hanging on the corners of the bow, bunches of herbs, skins on the walls, wide shops under them, sitting at the brothers' table, who, already falling asleep on the go, was tired of the fact that they put on the home table. It was all strange. As if the time changed for Borchand von Hornhausen his turn.
He again looked back to argue Kryvetis's curve or maybe agree with him, saying about something very important. But it was not. Only there is no place from where a big black raven, under the cane roof, has been fixed and, crossing his legs on his leg, slapped with wings.
The next day, waking up before sunrise, the brothers perished all that remained after yesterday's dinner, and left the house to the street. Men settlements were already standing by the group, waiting for the brothers and discussing something with concerned persons. When Budhard von Hornhausen approached them, they all silenced, turned to him and one of them, apparently, the most important stepped forward and spoke in Prusska, choosing words so that he can be easily understood:
- Knight, do not need to go in Tuvangste. We were told that it would be very bad. There are many other places. We will help you build. But in Tuvangst, you do not need to go. Stop, knight.
Borhard von Hornhausen and his own he himself began to feel some concern. There were no joy from the consciousness of the mission to him and his comrades. But could he disobey the Great Master of the Order of Popo von Osterne and not fulfill his order?
He made an effort on himself, and familiar arcity, the same as before the fight, began to cover it, flap and anxiety, and doubt. After driving the sword from the sheath and taking it for the blade, he raised high above his head turned.
- With us, the Lord God and the Cross Force, - he exclaimed inspired himself and trying to convey this feeling to all those who had to go for construction. - Faith will be the banner of our. Our Lord said to our Jesus: if you have faith with mustard grain and say Mount: "Go from here there," and she will go, and nothing will be impossible for you. We will go with faith, and become stronger, and we will send our Lord and the Holy Church!
The inspiration of Burchande von Hornhausen really passed the surrounding. Prussians although reluctant, but still headed from the settlement in the direction of Tuvangste.
And at that very moment when the detachment left the gate, Buderman von Hornhausen seemed to be that in the shadow they were Krivatis and silently silently. The cold and again starting to feel the doomedness, he clearly heard the familiar already familiar: "It's not too late!" But he took himself in his hands and saw that in fact there was no one in the gate. And the detachment was moving all the more, more organizer, and it was already impossible to stop it.
The sun climbed over wooded hills in the direction of Tuvangste, and the brothers together with prouds were in the direction of the sun. "This is a good sign. - I thought Borhard von Hornhausen. - EX ORIENTE LUX, from the east light. " He tried to feel ease and confidence. And the strength that seemed to help him overcome any obstacles.
With this confident ease, everyone entered Tuvangsta - and nothing happened. "Well," Borchard von Hornhausen thought - all fears were in vain. Vera Christ is stronger than paganism. So it was always everywhere, so it will be now. Or maybe it's even good that our castle will stand in the holy place of Prussians ... "
In the east, the Forest of Tuvangsta ended in a deep ravine, along the bottom of which proceeded quite wide and deep stream. "But a pious place is," Buderman von Hornhausen again thought, - pious and stream. So let him be called - Löbakh. "
On the edge of the ravine and was decided to build a fortress.
Everyone got into a circle, briefly prayed before the start of work, Borhard von Hornhausen gave an order to start. But here it happened suddenly something unexpected and inexplicable.
Because of the big old oak, near which the Sanctuary of Prussians was the sacrificial stones, the fires, carved from the tree and the eyes of the gods, stretched on the poles ritual curtains, also with their images, - Kryvetis, real, live, from flesh and blood.
He was silent, but each of those present suddenly lacked the forces to fulfill the order of Borcard von Hornhausen. Nobody tried from the spot.
Borhard von Hornhausen, internally praying the mind of Heaven, gathered his whole will and again, who disrupting his voice ordered to start.
But Prussians stood silently, not raising her eyes, sluggishly squeezing in the hands of the axes. Silently stood and Krivatis's curve beside an old oak, and the wind easily moved his long gray hair. The sun shone in the embroidery bright and festive. It was quietly - so quiet that it was possible to hear how the snow melts at the roots of trees from the south side and how the first spring greens makes itself through it. And no one raised the ax, did not swollen first, did not hit the tree, each of which was holy for all Prussian people.
Then the brothers themselves took over the axes. Far around the first strong blows.
And something fluttered in the world. Gusting winds like moan, swept through the forest. Sky as if he was squeezed in fright. The sun was somehow tired and sad. Oaks strangely strained - threatened from them. And all: Burhard von Hornhausen, the Oddensky brothers, Prussians, doomedly standing right there, Kryvetis Kriva himself - felt something important and irreparable from their life. As if the girl loses its innocence in the presence of outsiders, the evil is tormented by someone else's dirty flesh. And it is impossible to correct it.
From the surprise and from the uncertainty of what was happening the brothers again stopped.
Krevetis's curve, with the whitewashed face and strange fire in his eyes, spoke forward. Unusual power suddenly looked from him. His one hand shot up, as if he caught something descending from heaven, another shot to Buderman von Hornhausen and depressed brothers. Glorious, but at the same time intelligible and clearly he uttered the words that fell into the soul to each of them hard, like stones:
"You think that they came here forever." You, speaking and think about yourself as if you know the truth about the world. You, cunning and power forcing us to renounce our gods and worship the cross and the one who died in the torment. I appeal to you, Krevetis Kill, Supreme Priest of Prussians. Okopirms, Perkuno, Potnimpo and Pathollo - the Supreme gods who discovered us and our ancestors and who gave the inextricant vitality to all of the essence, the power of these gods, overwhelming our souls in the battle, I river.
You desecrated our feet our holy place, and therefore it will be damned for you in centuries. Your days on this earth are already detected. Only seven times the age of your castle under construction will turn around, and the night fire will fall from heaven to turn him and the city around in the sea of \u200b\u200bfire. Other will come similar to us and through the cross worshiping the same gods, and the stone on the stone will not leave your castle. This land will be dead. Stone ice is bold her, and nothing will grow on it, except wild herbs. After erect another castle, above the previous one, but it will remain dead and starts to collapse not yet complete. The cute spirit of tairldas and deception will turn over this place. And even the immersion by the man of his hands to the Earth Tuvangste in the desire to return to the past will not remove my curse. So it will be, and the Word is firmly.
And only after it is fully fulfilled, the curse can be removed. This will happen if three priests are one in the word, the other in faith, the third in love and forgiveness - will put a new oak on the ground in Tuvangsta, worship him with awe, the sacred fire will be lit and return our gods, bringing them to the victim. And this will again be me, the Supreme Priest of Prussians Kryve Crewatis, and my priests Herkus and Sikko. But we will have other names and other lives. We will return to accomplish what is written on eternity srices.
Repeated a long silence. What did you think embarrassed and truly frightened ordinance brothers? What did the broken and depressed Prussians feel? Now no one will know about it.
But the teutons are still the first to come to themselves after these words. In deep silence, the now ordinary oak grove, descended from a high hill down, to the waters of Presta, there was a uncertain knock of one ax, then another, third ...
The knock was becoming more frequent, confident.
The clock of fate began the sad count of the moments of the life of the castle under construction and the city - Königsberg.

Berestenev Gennady Ivanovich, Ph.D., Professor
In general, this legend is called "the beginning of Königsberg. Hypothetical reconstruction", but I don't like this name.