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Snackbar “Cheburechnaya” The snackbar in Talpaki village specializing in chebureks (pasties with minced meat) is already known outside the region. Here you can enjoy delicious hot chebureks. Talpaki village, Gvardeysky district tel. +7 (4012) 31-31-40 Regional Tourism Information Center Restaurant “Kochar” The restaurant is located in the hotel 4 Prospekt Mira St., 4, tel.: 555-200 “Kochar”. Elegant Italian interior combined www.visit-.ru with Mediterranean cuisine and various combinations of European culinary art will definitely impress any gourmet. 9 Lenina St., tel. +7 (40141) 3 33 00 Tourist route Café “Aelita” The restaurant is located in the hotel complex “King’s court” at the bank of the river. You can try Russian and European cuisine here. Kaliningrad – – 2 Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya St., Gusev Chernyakhovsk – Gusev tel. +7 (40143) 3-37-94

Souvenirs: Insterburg castle 1 Zamkovaya St., Chernyakhovsk tel. +7 906 233 78 63

Stud farm «Georgenburg» 10 Tsentralnaya St., Maevka village, Chernyakhovskiy district tel. +7 906 231 81 55

“Polye Chudes” ("Wonders Field") - a vintage clothing market

2 Sadovaya St., Chernyakhovsk

How to get there: From Kaliningrad to Gvardeysk, Tapiau If you are interested in history, but at the same time think a Castle: from bus station "Yuzhniy Vokzal" by buses № 111, 156, 157, 211э, 515, 516, 523, lot about future, if you admire and at the same time 526, 534, 536, 543, 566, 567, 580, 583.. are attracted by Europe, if you prefer quiet fishing, hunting From Gvardeysk to Chernyakhovsk, and horseback riding, but sometimes you want vivid Insterburg Castle: by buses № 515, 526, 566, 567, 580, 583, 680э. impressions and new experience – welcome to the From Kaliningrad to Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region! A lot of sightseeing and entertainment Insterburg Castle: from bus station "Yuzhniy Vokzal" by buses and route taxis № 515, 520, make the Kaliningrad region a real treasure for a tourist! 526, 555, 566, 567,580, 583, 680э. Here you'll find everything you are looking for, and a little

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Rodniki (Arnau) monument to Barclay de Tolli and a sign dedicated to Napoleon’s stay in the town were unveiled on Pionerskaya Arnau was a popular place for Sunday rest among citizens. street. People came here even on boats and kayaks. A splendid The ruins of castle Insterburg, situated in the centre of the park and St. Catherine Church were located here, attracting city are the heart of cultural life in Chernyakhovsk. The numerous visitors. Arnau Church of St. Catherine was built castle was badly damaged during WWII, but the south in 1364. It is famous for its wall paintings of 14th century. forburg with a defence wall have been preserved. Today, Overall, there are about 200 well-preserved wall paintings. there is an open air museum with knight club and art The Church was named after Prussian woman Catherine, gallery. A monument to Lithuanian uhlans perished in WWI who embraced Christianity during a confrontation between is installed in front of the castle. A former mill built in 1336 local pagan culture and crusaders. The restoration of the is situated to the right of it, and Melnichnoe Lake is situated church and wall paintings has been ongoing since 1992 with nearby. the help of German partner “Kuratorium Arnau e.V.”. In The ruins of the Georgenburg Castle (St. George’s castle) 2010 the church was given to the Russian Orthodox Church, are located about 2 km north from the Insterburg Castle. at present there is an orthodox church of St. Catherine in The castle, built of stone in form of a square in 1350, was the old building. conquered by Lithuanians and Mongols numerous times. In Directions: Go along Moskovskiy Prospekt St. towards 1812 it was bought by merchant Heino and later by the Chernyakhovsk, turn right at the 6th km at «Низовье» sign. Simpsons, who started to breed horses there. The structure By public transport: take bus No 110 from the South railway of the stud farm adjoins the castle from the north. On the station to the Rodniki village. eve of the 11th Olympic Games German National team trained here in horse riding. The tradition of hosting Gvardeysk (Tapiau) international horse riding competitions is continued today. At the moment, the stud farm is experiencing its second The fortress Tapiau was founded by knights in 1280-1290. youth. You may have an excursion in the farm and ride a Tapiau was the site of the Order's archives and library from horse. 1469 to 1722. On March 20, 1568 the first Prussian duke Equestrian centre “Georgenburg” Albrecht died in the fortress at the age 78. In the 19th 10 Tsentralnaya street century the fortress was reconstructed into a correctional +7 (906) 231-81-55 facility, and it remains a prison at the present time. A city church was built in 1502, it is John the Baptist Orthodox church at presnt. A town hall was built at the square in Gusev () 1924 and now it is Children and Youth Centre, which houses a local history museum with a rich collection. Two famous Gusev as a settlement was first mentioned in 1545. In 1724 German artists were born in Tapiau: Lovis Corinth (1858- it became a town. It is situated on the confluence of rivers 1925), who is considered to be the founder of German Pissa and (former Rominte). Due to the plague impressionism, and Ernst Mollenhauer (1892-1963). On the during the period of 1709-1711 the place became bank of the River Deyma Lovis Corinth’s parents’ household desolated. Later it was actively populated by Protestants is located. During WWII Tapiau was a crucial post of the from , France, Austria and . Such River Deyma’s defence line. On January 25, 1945 the Red migration affected the external appearance of Gumbinnen. Army troops entered the town. A memorial to perished Four main streets converged at a trading place. Such soviet soldiers is located in the centre of the main square. geometrical accuracy made people compare the town with Potsdam. Gvardeysk – Chernyakhovsk The main attractions of the town are:  Railway and bus stations. On your way from Gvardeysk to Chernyachovsk there is a The railway station was opened in 1860. Two old place which is widely mentioned in historical books due to a water towers are situated nearby (the smaller one was famous battle of the . On August 30, 1757 built in 1890 and the bigger one in 1907). A big at settlement Gross-Egersdorf (near present Mezhdurechye boulder on the square is a monument to soldiers, died village of Chernyakhovskiy district) an important battle of during the assault of the town in 1945. Seven Years’ War occurred (1756-1762). At that time  Monument to Kristionas Donelaytis, a poet, founder of Russia, allied with Austria, opposed , sending its Lithuanian literature, who was baptized in Gumbinnen army under Field marshal S.F. Apraksin to Koenigsberg. The in 1714. The monument was installed on the battle took place on a vast 5-kilometer field, bounded by intersection of Pobedy and Zheleznodorozhnaya river Auxine (Golubaya), villages Uderballen (Izvilino), Streets on September 24, 2004. Gross-Egersdorf (a memorial obelisk is situated on the place  Salzburg Church, a Lutheran Church, built in 1754 of the unpreserved village) and Woynothen (Shlyuznoye). A instead of the old wooden one, built in 1739. The monument to the battle was installed in the centre of the church was used as a warehouse and was destroyed in village in 1957. There are ruins of Lutheran church of 1733 1945. In 1994 with the help of Salzburg commune and of unusual oval form on the other side of the road. th German government the church was restored. Until the 19 century there had been a medieval castle on  Local History Town Museum, founded in 1993 by local the hill of Mezhdurechye village. Later it was reconstructed historian A.M. Ivanov. It was named after him. into a large farm. +7 (40143) 3-19-17 Settlement Bochagi (Shlossberg) is located on the oxbow  Sculpture of an elk, the symbol of Gumbinnen-Gusev, lake of river Golubaya is a former Prussian holy place, was installed in 1912. It was designed by Ludwig where the leader of uprising Herkus Monte was executed in Vordermeier. In 1956 the monument was brought to 1273. the Kaliningrad zoo, and in May 1991 it was given back to Gusev. Chernyakhovsk (Insterburg)  Government building of Gumbinnen district was built in 1911 in baroque style. Now it is a lighting Chernyakhovsk was called Insterburg before the war. It got equipment factory. this name after the Inster River. In 1336 knights founded an  Cross Lutheran Church of 1926. Now it is an Orthodox order fortress on the confluence of the Inster River cathedral on Zoi Kosmodemyanskoy Street. () and Angerapp River (). In 1583 the  Friedrichschule building. Now it is College of settlement became a town. In 1697 the Grand Embassy Agriculture, situated on Timiryazeva Street. It was built passed through Insterburg and in 1709 Peter the Great in 1903 in pseudo gothic style and was considered the himself visited the town. At the end of the 19th and the th coziest and most beautiful gymnasium in Eastern beginning of the 20 centuries Insterburg became the Prussia. In 1912-1913 Otto Heichert created a large biggest railway junction in Eastern Prussia. In the 20s a wall painting with the size of 12x16 metres in its fairway is built. In 1927 the first trolley line in Germany was assembly hall. It depicts the meeting between King opened here. In 1946 the town was renamed after great Friedrich Wilhelm I and Salzburg settlers. In 1946 the commander I.D. Chernyakhovskiy. There are many painting was whitewashed with chalk paint. In 2008 preserved old houses and churches in the town. Among the restoration work was finished and you can see the them are Catholic church of 1902 on Lenin street and St. painting now in the college assembly hall. Michael’s Cathedral in Neo-Romanesque style (former reformist church in 1710) on Pionerskaya street. In 2006 a