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11-555: Kneiphof Town Hall had served as the city hall for united Königsberg since 1724. In 1927 the municipal administration moved to the newer Stadthaus , leaving Kneiphof's building vacant. The respected painter Eduard Anderson led the effort to convert the former town hall into a museum, which opened in 1928 with 25 rooms. It contained portraits of Johann Georg Hamann , the Magus of the North, and Lord Mayor August Wilhelm Heidemann , as well as

22-498: A bust of E. T. A. Hoffmann . It included a coin collection and examples of fine Königsberg house ceilings. Its attractions also included a banner of the Napoleonic -era East Prussian National Cavalry Regiment , a Viking sword, copper engravings, household goods, amongst other artifacts. Anderson presented lectures in the museum. The museum also contained an exhibit of Immanuel Kant artifacts ( Kantiana ), previously located in

33-535: A gilded staircase with a pair of shield-holding bear statues. With the unification of Kneiphof, Altstadt , and Löbenicht into Königsberg in 1724, the Kneiphof Town Hall was chosen as the city hall. In 1838 the building was expanded to the east with three windows. The magister's hall was decorated with a stucco roof by an unknown master. The city council met in the Junkersaal wing. Before the building

44-566: A reward, the shoemaker requested that the burghers of Kneiphof annually receive beer from Königsberg Castle . This beer, traditionally granted on Ascension Day , became popularly known through Königsberg as Schmeckbier . The Hans-Sagan-Denkmal was a memorial built before Kneiphof Town Hall , while an image of Hans was also used as a weathervane atop Königsberg Castle. The street Hans-Sagan-Straße ran from Stresemannstraße to Samitter Alle in Königsberg's northern Tragheimer Palve district. In

55-561: The Königsberg Public Library . These included Kant's hat, shoe buckles, walking stick, testament, death mask, and numerous pictures and sculptures. The exhibit, which was especially popular with foreign-born Kant followers, expanded into the Kant-Museum in 1938, the same year that Fritz Gause became director of the museum. The Nazi Party did not take an interest in the museum during Gleichschaltung . However,

66-500: The 1560s led to involvement by King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland , sovereign of the Duchy of Prussia . On 28 October 1566 Albert I, Duke of Prussia , had the councilors Johann Funck , Matthias Horst , and Hans Schnell beheaded at the town hall's marketplace, with Johann Steinbach and Paul Skalich fleeing the country. From 1695 to 1697 the town hall received a Baroque restyling with pilasters, bell tower, roof sculptures, and

77-711: The 1870s a lifesize statue of Hans von Sagan was built before a shoemaker's house near Bremen town hall. Like Hans Sachs and St. Crispin Hans von Sagan is a figure of identification of the shoemaker's guild. The inspiration for Hans von Sagan was probably Duke Balthasar of Sagan , who led auxiliary troops of the Teutonic Knights against rebellious Kneiphof in 1455 during the Thirteen Years' War . A legend developed associating an inspirational standardbearer not with Königsberg's painful civil war of 1455, but with

88-707: The Königsberg City Museum was destroyed in August 1944 during the Bombing of Königsberg in World War II . This article about a museum in Germany is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kneiphof Town Hall 54°42′23″N 20°30′31″E  /  54.7064°N 20.5086°E  / 54.7064; 20.5086 Kneiphof Town Hall ( German : Kneiphöfisches Rathaus )

99-676: Was a heroic figure from East Prussian folklore. Hans was said to be a journeyman shoemaker from the Königsberg town of Kneiphof . At a crucial point during the 1370 Battle of Rudau between the Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , Hans picked up the fallen standard of Henning Schindekop and rallied the Teutonic forces to victory. When Grand Master Winrich von Kniprode asked Hans what he would like for

110-648: Was a monument of Hans von Sagan . In 1927 the city administration moved to the Stadthaus in northern Königsberg, with a few departments remaining in Kneiphof. In the same year the painter Eduard Anderson advocated for the creation of the Königsberg City Museum within the town hall, which opened in 1928. The Kneiphof Town Hall was destroyed in August 1944 during the Bombing of Königsberg in World War II . Hans von Sagan Hans von Sagan

121-507: Was the town hall of insular Kneiphof , first an independent town and later a quarter of Königsberg , Germany . It served as Königsberg's city hall from 1724 to 1927, after which it became a museum until its destruction in 1944. The town hall, or Rathaus , was located along Brodbänkenstraße. First documented in 1374, it was renovated in 1387. Political and religious disputes between the Prussian estates and ducal Prussian officials during

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