The city model is devoted to the final decades of the age of chivalry and covers the period from 1511 to 1544. The project is based on a model of Königsberg Castle and fortress and the three medieval towns of Altstadt, Kneiphof and Löbenicht located nearby. The model shows the landscape of the area where medieval Königsberg stood. It includes more than 500 architectural objects, around 30 of which are historically significant, including the castle, cathedral, churches, fortress walls and towers, town halls and bridges.
About the model:
The model is devoted to the historical period when the young Margrave Albrecht Hohenzollern of Brandenburg was elected Grand Master of the Order and later became Duke of Prussia. It shows the urban landscape including the old and new channels of the Pregolya, Kneiphof Island, Royal Hill, the valleys of the Pregolya River and Löbebach stream, the Order's castle, Königsberg, the Convent House, the Steindamm, Altstadt and Löbenicht churches, the Holy Spirit Chapel, the town halls of Altstadt, Kneiphof and Löbenicht, the Cathedral, Old Albertina, Löbenicht Hospital, fortress walls, 18 fortress towers, 16 fortress gates, 6 bridges across the branches of the Pregolya, citizens' houses, craft shops, mills and inns, streets, lanes and squares.
The model was installed by the Storyteller's House guest house in 2004. Access to the model is free, and the surrounding area evokes the era of writer and storyteller Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, author of the famous Christmas tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Here visitors can see sculptures inspired by Hoffmann's tales, and the hotel itself is called Storyteller's House. The model was restored in 2023.
