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Zelenogradsk Child Daycare Centre Is Located Here Promenade (15) The first sea promenade of Cranz was constructed after World War I. It was wooden and 900 meter long. Then the promenade was reconstructed several times. Wooden structures were changed into more secure concrete ones. Today the promenade is being completely reconstructed. It is tiled. Hotel «Baltic Sea» (16) The building was constructed in neoclassic style in 1885. The hotel was Regional Tourism one of the most fashionable hotels in Cranz. After World War I the Information Center Railroad Control Directorate of Bromberg (region of West Prussia) was located here. Later the building belonged to Königsberg Women’s League, 4 Prospect Mira Street, tel.: 555-200 which arranged a retirement house here. www.visit-kaliningrad.ru Antique banisters and patterned bars remained in the building. Today it is an administrative house. The local library is located on the first floor. 1 Lenina street Villa of Friedrich Bast (17) It is a typical sample of East Prussian modernist style which is noticeable Tourist route for its asymmetry. Look at the decorative ornament over the front access door: the circle and four rays symbolize the Sun. Earlier the left wing of the house belonged to rich house-owner Friedrich Bast. Dentist Pankof occupied the first floor. The right wing was occupied by a boarding house. Today Zelenogradsk child daycare centre is located here. «Zelenogradsk - Cranz» 4 Lenina street Villa of Max Krell (18) The villa of well-known Prussian lawyer Max Krell was constructed at the beginning of the 20th century according to the individual project. It is unique because of combination of Russian and Gothic styles. There are two entrances. Clients of the law agency came through the front entrance while members of Krell’s family used the entrance on the courtyard which led to a tennis-court. Since 1947 the library for children has been in this building. There is also a memorial tablet: In this house in a little room under the stairs Buratino came into the world. Next to the house you can see Buratino himself together with Turtle Tortilla. Don’t pass this house, especially if you travel together with your children. 6 Lenina street How to get there: From Kaliningrad by buses № 114, 140, 141, 142 By suburban train Call an inquiry office to specify the timetable before the trip The history of Zelenogradsk (Cranz until 1946) is more than Bus station inquiry office +7 (4012) 64-36-35 Railway station inquiry office +7 (4012) 600-888 seven and half centuries. The town has been developing as a seaside resort for more than two centuries. The Prussian Where to eat: seaside village of Cranz started to transform into a popular The centre of town: tavern «Captain Flint» resort in 1816 when the government adviser of East The tavern is veiled with the romance of old days. Earlier it was the house of a fisherman. Walls are decorated with things connected with sea Prussia, Doctor of Medicine Friedrich Kessel had chosen life and pirate stories. Traditional drinks of pirates will bring you to the this place for foundation of the first East Prussian resort. In atmosphere of a pirate ship. Hot strong grog and beer from the wood are a short time, less than 50 years, a lot of boarding houses served to various meat and fish dishes cooked on brazier. An open-air café and sanatoriums, nice hotels and detached houses of is open during the holiday season. 1 Kurortniy pereulok street, tel.: +7 (401) 503-24-59 various architectural styles were built at the seaside. During Café «Vstrecha» World War II the town was not destroyed that is why Among popular dishes of the café you will find apple charlotte, pancakes streets and buildings have preserved their historical look. with ice-cream, meat and fish dishes. There is an open-air café where you Today Zelenogradsk is a federal balneal resort. It attracts can taste soft drinks, ice-cream and coffee. 17 Kurortniy prospect, tel.: +7 9062 38 21 49 thousands of tourists not only with beaches and springs of At the seaside: restaurant «Sambia» healing mineral water but also with its unique cultural A cosy restaurant for up to 70 persons invites you into the world of heritage. We advise you to make a fascinating trip to see exquisite cuisine, where classical Russian dishes adjoin modern tendencies main tourist attractions of this beautiful town. of European gastronomy. Chefs of the restaurant «Sambia» will meet your special requirements to satisfy any taste. Here you can admire the view of the sea through the windows. 20 Volodarskogo street, tel.: +7 (401) 503-62-21, +7 (401) 503-63-31 Café «U Neptuna» The café is open since 2001. It has a convenient location in the middle of the promenade next to the life-boat station. You can admire the sea and new promenade views through the large windows in stylish halls on ground and first floors. 2B Gagarina street, tel: +7 9062 38 21 49 We start our trip from the railway station building (1), 1 Vokzalnaya Then our route goes to the left from Moskovskaya street to the town street (tel.: +7 (40150) 3-11-39). The first branch line connected the resort park of Zelenogradsk (8), earlier called Plantage. It was founded two with Königsberg in 1885. It promoted the vacationers’ number increasing centuries ago for resort requirements. Today the park is one of the most and tourism developing. The railway station building was constructed in important cultural centers of the town: the main cultural and sports the same year. It preserved its original look till nowadays. There is no events are held on the new Festivalnaya square. The park leads to the more a railway turn-table on which a machinist turned a locomotive using well-known beach «skovorodka» (frying pan) which is a comfortable place a hand lever. Today there is also a bus station opposite to the railway for the rest and beach games. It is interesting that Zelenogradsk station (2 Vokzalnaya street, tel.: +7 (40150) 3-29-82). inhabitants «adopted» famous fairy character Buratino in 1999. Today many favorite resting places are connected with characters of this kind Near the railway station building there is a small square with a fountain fairytale for children. There is for example a quiet and beautiful pond of from which the pedestrian area leads to Turgeneva street. Queen Louise Turtle Tortilla. Square (2) is located on this street. Zelenogradsk keeps the memories However our route returns to the town to 2nd Oktyabrskiy pereulok about the Prussian queen who was admired by people for her beauty, street. You should go to the crossing with Kurortniy pereulok street. modesty and wit. According to some data Queen Louise visited Kurortniy pereulok street leads to Kurortniy prospect which is the main Zelenogradsk and the Curonian Spit on her way to Memel during the street of the town. Our route will go along this street. escape from Napoleon’s troops. The square laid out in the early 2000s was named in commemoration of the Queen. There is a legend telling that the Hotel «East Prussia» (9) tree in the centre of square was planted in 1843 by Queen Louise’s son, The building was constructed in modernist style in 1906. You can see Prussian king Frederick William IV in honour of his mother. The main the date of construction placed at the front of the building. A lot of square adornment is the bronze bust of Queen Louise. It was gifted to decorative elements have preserved: a mascaron ornament (a fisherman’s Zelenogradsk by authorities of Bad Doberan, the district of Mecklenburg- head), moulded ornament, forged balconies with flower-stands and even Vorpommern, Germany. This bust is the copy of the well-known Queen wooden doors. Upper parts of doors are made in timber framing style. Louise monument, made by famous German sculptor Rauch in 19th During World War II and after it the building served as a hospital. Today century and kept at the National Gallery in Berlin. the local polyclinic is located here. 1 Pogranichnaya street (the building is on the crossing of beginnings of Turn left From Turgeneva street to Moskovskaya street (in opposition to Pogranichnaya street and Kurortniy prospect) the square). We make our way to Museum of Local History of Zelenogradsk (3). It is located in the building of Baptist chapel of Cranz Kurhaus (10) constructed in 1934. There are exhibitions telling about the town history Kurhaus was constructed in 1843. It was the main resort hotel. There from the moment of its foundation till nowadays. were a spacious reading-room, a billiard room, a music hall, a theatre 7 Moskovskaya street (on the left from School of Art for Children), tel.: auditorium and a ballroom there. The building was severely damaged +7 (40150) 3-27-90 during the fire. Later it was restored in modernist style. There was a large garden «Kurgarten» behind Kurhaus. Unfortunately it did not remain till The next point on our route is Catholic St. Andrew Chapel (4). It was nowadays. A music pavilion, an open-air theater and a café were located constructed in neo-gothic style in 1904-1905 by Königsberg’s woodworker in the garden which was the centre of cultural life in the resort. Today the Laufer. In the old days walls were decorated with frescos. During the hotel «Kurhaus Cranz» is located in this building. Soviet period the chapel served as a storehouse. In 1998 the first 16 Kurortniy prospect Orthodox Church of the town was founded in this building – Saint Andrew Church.
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