The Legends of Konigsberg Castle

Konigsberg Castle has had a long history, which goes to the dark medieval times and even earlier. Nothing unusual is in the fact that the castle had a lot of legends. The trueness of them is very questionable.

One of the legends goes to tavern of Blutgeriht, located in the cells of the castle.  One day procession with the person, convicted to the death passed near the castle. The judge was marching the first, followed by executioner, prisoner, and two guards.

The Prisoner’s name was Hazuveit. He killed noble person and was convicted to the gallows execution. Near Konigsberg Castle, he reminded to his executioners about his right for the last wish. He asked to visit tavern Blutgericht and to drink his last glass of wine. The judge didn`t mind, and all procession stepped down into the restaurant.

Hazuveit drank his wine accompanied with the team of his assassins. The red wine and nice atmosphere of the restaurant put them in a good spirit and soon they all looked like a friends having a party. Nobody stopped Hazuvet, when he asked his new friends to visit washroom. And long time passed before drunken executioners realized that prisoner disappeared.

They tried to look for the Hazuveit and come to the gallows square guessing that their victims wait for them near with the place of execution. People on the square, who were waiting for death penalty demonstration, were laughing hard, looking on the foolish execution procession without prisoner. They were cackled and were making fun of executioners while they tried to find the prisoner near the gallows.

Other story brings us to the 15th century. Shooter Hans Loze served as the castle security. He was very loyal to his duty at the castle.  Some people may say he was extremely loyal to his job. He continued to work even in his free time.

He liked to visit the market during his free time reviewing amber sellers. Hans was very providentially successful and always could find one amber seller, who had unclean thought.

One day shooter Hans Loze revealed next criminal seller, who had false amber. Unfortunately it finished unlucky for Hans. Seller was not arrested; oppositely security checked clothes, which belonged to the Hans. They found false amber in the large Hans` sleeves. This false amber shooter Hans Loze put to his unhappy victims.

Hans was punished by putting out his eyes, cutting his legs by knee level and throwing out on the market square. People on the square spit on him and trample him down till death.

Other Konigsberg Castle legend tells about magic inhabitant of the castle, who sold deer horns to the junior miller for the big price. Later those horns disappeared, because they were made by smoke. Magic seller just blew horns from his tobacco pipe.

Next legendary story lets know that one Konigsberg castle security guard saw something in the air, looking like attacking him sparkling sward. Guard answered with hit of his sward and one minute later this “something” transformed in his dying friend, team-mate. Nobody found opened sward near with the body of the killed security guard.  There are many legends surrounding Konigsberg Castle and other castles in Kaliningrad.  Exploring them, you may uncover more mysteries of old Koeningsberg and its castles.