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The
King's
Gate
(Russian:
Королевские
ворота,
tr.:
Korolevskie
vorota,
German:
Königstor)
is
one
of
the
former
six
gates
that
were
built
during
the
19th
century
around
Kaliningrad
(the
former
German
city
of
Königsberg).
The
King's
Gate
was
originally
the
Gumbinnen
Gate
(German:
Gumbinner
Tor),
built
in
1765
at
the
edge
of
the
district
Neue
Sorge.
In
1811
it
was
renamed
the
King's
Gate
and
was
the
terminus
of
the
Königstraße
boulevard.
The
gate
was
redesigned
by
Friedrich
August
Stüler
in
1850.
The
west
facade
has
three
sandstone
statues,
made
by
sculptor
Wilhelm
Stürmer:
nine
metres
above
the
ground
to
the
left
the
Bohemian
king
Ottokar
II
is
depicted,
who
was
Königsberg's
namesake.
Frederick
I
of
Prussia,
Prussia's
first
king,
follows
as
the
middle
statue.
To
the
right
Albert,
Prussia's
first
duke
and
founder
of
the
Albertina
university,
holds
an
eye
over
the
city.
Above
the
sculptures
the
coat
of
arms
of
Samland
and
Natangen
are
shown.
The
gate
was
damaged
during
the
Second
World
War.
Furthermore,
as
a
first
victory
celebration,
Soviet
soldiers
decapitated
the
statues.
With
the
celebration
of
the
city's
750-year
existence
in
June
2005,
the
gate
was
renovated.
A
few
months
before
the
beginning
of
the
festivities,
the
gate
was
still
in
a
desolate
condition.
Within
a
few
weeks,
however,
the
gate
was
restored
to
its
condition
before
the
war.
Fully
restored
statues
replaced
the
decapitated
ones
on
the
gate
with
this
renovation.
