Where to eat: Restaurant «Georgenburg»

It’s located in the hotel “Georgenburg” (at the horse farm). Here you will be amazed by delicious home cuisine and pleasant atmosphere. , Ulitsa Central’naya, 10 tel.: 8 (40141) 3 39 01 Working hours: 12.00 – 23.00 Regional Tourism Information Center Snackbar «Cheburechnaya» Mira Prospekt, 4, tel.: 555-200 Snackbar (specializing in chebureks) in www.visit-.ru Talpaki village is already known outside the region. Here you can enjoy delicious hot chebureks. Talpaki village, Gvardeiyskiy district

Restaurant "Kochar" Tourist route The restaurant is located in the hotel "Kochar". A refined Italian interior combined with best examples of Mediterranean and

European culinary art will not leave indifferent any gourmet. Chernyakhovsk, Ulitsa Lenina, 9, tel.:8 (40141) 3 33 00

Souvenirs: Kaliningrad – – Horse farm «Georgenburg» Maevka village, Chernyakhovskiy district Chernyakhovsk – Gusev Ulitsa Central’naya, 18, tel.: 8 (40141) 3 23 01

"Field of Miracles" - Vintage clothing market Chernyakhovsk, Ulitsa Sadovaya, 2

How to get there: From Kaliningrad to Gvardeysk – castle "Tapiau" from bus station "Yuzhnyi vokzal" buses: №111, 580, 534, 506, 516, 543, 582, 526, 515, 566, 523, 524. From Gvardeysk to Chernyakhovsk – castle "Insterburg": buses: №506, 515, 526, 580.

From Kaliningrad to Chernyakhovsk – castle "Insterburg" from bus station "Yuzhnyi vokzal" buses and fixed-route taxis: №570

мт, 580, 580 мт, 582, 526, 566, 515, 506. If you are interested in history, but at the same time think a

lot about future, if you admire and at the same time attracted by Europe, if you prefer a quiet fishing, silent

hunting and horseback riding, but sometimes you want vivid impressions and new experience - welcome to the Kaliningrad region! A lot of sightseeing and entertainment

make the Kaliningrad region a real „treasure for tourist“! Here you'll find everything you are looking for, and a little more...

Rodniki (Arnau) forburg with defence wall had preserved. Today, there is an open air museum with knight club and art gallery. A Arnau was a popular place to rest on Sunday among monument to uhlans perished in the WWI is installed in citizens. People came here even on boats and steam front of the castle. A former mill built in 1336 is situated to vessels. A splendid park and St. Catherine Church were the right and Melnichnoe Lake is situated nearby. located here, attracting numerous visitors. Arnau Church of The ruins of castle Georgenburg (St. George’s castle) are St. Catherine was built in 1364. It is famous for its wall located about 2 km north from castle Insterburg. The castle, paintings of 14 th century. Overall, there are about well built of field stones in form of a square in 1350, was preserved 200 wall paintings. The Church is named after conquered by Lithuanians and Mongols numerous times. In Prussian woman Catherine, who embraced Christianity 1812 it was bought by merchant Heino and later by the during a confrontation between local pagan culture and Simpsons, who started to breed horses there. The structure crusaders. The restoration of the church and wall paintings of the stud farm adjoins the castle from the north. On the has been ongoing since 1992 with the help of German eve of the 11 th Olympic Games German National team partner “Kuratorium Arnau e.V.”. At the moment of January trained here in horse riding. The tradition of hosting 2010, the tower and roof are fully restored. In 2010 the international horse riding competitions is continued today. church was given to the Russian Orthodox Church. At the moment, the stud farm is experiencing its second Going along Moskovskiy prospekt towards Chernyakhovsk youth. You may have an excursion in the farm and ride a turn right after 6 km at the sign «Низовье». horse.

Gvardeysk (Tapiau) Gusev () The fortress Tapiau was founded by knights in 1280-1290. In 1457 the treasure and archives of the Gusev as a settlement was first mentioned in 1545. In 1724 were brought here. On 20 March 1568 the first Prussian it became a town. It is situated on the confluence of rivers duke Albrecht died in the fortress at the age 78. In the 19 th and (former Rominte). Due to the plague century the fortress was reconstructed into a correctional during the period of 1709-1711 the place became facility and it remains prison at the present time. John the desolated. Later it was actively populated by Protestants Baptist Orthodox church was built in 1502. A town hall was from , France, Austria and . Such built at the square in 1924 and now it is Children and Youth migration affected the external appearance of Gumbinnen. Centre, which houses rich in content local history museum. Four main streets converged at the trading place. Such Two famous German artists were born in Tapiau: Lovis geometrical accuracy made people compare the town with Corinth (1858-1925) and Ernst Mollenhauer (1892-1963). At Potsdam. Deyma river the preserved parental home of Lovis Corinth, The main attractions in the town are: who is considered as the founder of German impressionism  Railway and bus stations. is located. During the WWII Tapiau was a crucial post of The railway station was opened in 1860. Two old water river Deyma’s defence line. On 25 January 1945 towers are situated nearby (the smaller one was built troops entered the town. The memorial to perished soviet in 1890 and the bigger one in 1907). A big boulder on soldiers is located at the centre of the main square. the square is a monument to soldiers, died during the assault of the town in 1945. Gvardeysk – Chernyakhovsk  Monument to Kristionas Donelaytis, a poet, founder of Lithuanian literature, who was baptized in On 30 August 1757 at settlement Gross-Egersdorf (near Gumbinnen in 1714. The monument was installed on present Mezhdurechye of Chernyakhovskiy rayon) an the intersection of Pobedy and Zheleznodorozhnaya important battle of Seven Years’ War occurred (1756-1762). streets on 24 September 2004. At that time Russia, allied with Austria, opposed against  Salzburg Church, a Lutheran Church, built in 1754 , sending its army under the command of Field- instead of the old wooden one, built in 1739. The Marshal-General S.F. Apraksin to Koenigsberg. The battle church was used as a warehouse and got destroyed in took place on a vast 5 kilometer field, bounded by river 1945. In 1994 with the help of Salzburg commune and Auxine (Golubaya), villages Uderballen (Izvilino), Gross- German government the church was restored. Egersdorf (a memorial obelisk is situated on the place of the  Local History Town Museum, founded in 1993 by unpreserved village) and Woynothen (Shlyuznoe). A local historian A.M. Ivanov. It was named after him. monument to the battle was installed in the centre of the  Sculpture of moose , the symbol of Gumbinnen- village in 1957. There are ruins of Lutheran church of 1733 Gusev was installed in 1912. It was designed by Ludwig of unusual oval form on the other side of the road. Vordermeier. In 1956 the monument was brought in Until the 19 th century there has been a medieval castle on the Kaliningrad zoo and in May 1991 it was brought the hill of Mezhdurechye. Later it was reconstructed in a back to Gusev. large farm.  Government building of Gumbinnen district was Settlement Bochagi (Shlossberg) located on the oxbow lake built in 1911 in baroque style. Now it is lighting of river Golubaya is the place of former Prussian Romuva, equipment factory. where the leader of rebellion Herkus Monte was executed  Cross Lutheran Church of 1926. Now it is an in 1273. Orthodox cathedral on Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya street. Chernyakhovsk (Insterburg)  Friedrichschule building. Now it is College of Agriculture, situated on Timiryazeva street. It was built Chernyakhovsk was called Insterburg before the war. It got in 1903 in pseudo gothic style and was considered the this name after the river Inster. In 1336 knights founded an coziest and most beautiful gymnasium in Eastern order fortress on the confluence of rivers Inster () Prussia. In 1912-1913 Otto Heichert created a large and Angerapp (). In 1583 the settlement became a wall painting 12x16 metres size. It depicts the meeting town. In 1697 the Grand Embassy passed through between King Friedrich Wilhelm I and settlers from Insterburg and in 1709 Peter the Great himself visited the Salzburg. Since 1946 the painting has remained town. At the end of the 19 th and the beginning of the 20 th whitewashed with chalk paint. centuries Insterburg became the biggest railway junction in Eastern Prussia. In the 20s a fairway is built. In 1927 the first trolley line in Germany is started. In 1946 the town was renamed after great commander I.D. Chernyakhovskiy. There are many preserved old houses and churches in the town. Among them are Catholic church of 1902 on Lenin street and St. Michael’s Cathedral in Neo-Romanesque style (former reformist church in 1710) on Pionerskaya street. In 2006 a monument to Barclay de Tolli and a sign dedicated to Napoleon’s stay in the town.

The ruins of castle Insterburg, situated in the centre of the city are the heart of cultural life in Chernyakhovsk. The castle was badly damaged during the WWII, but the south