King's Gate
Королевские ворота
The most ornate of the seven gates of old Königsberg, with statues of three Prussian rulers, and home to the Great Embassy Museum.
King's Gate was built in 1843–1850. Its red-brick Neo-Gothic façade is decorated with statues of Ottokar II, King of Bohemia, Duke Albrecht of Prussia, and Frederick I, the first King in Prussia. It was restored in 2005 for the city's 750th anniversary. Inside is the Great Embassy Museum, which presents the history of Peter the Great's 1697 visit to Königsberg and models of the old city. Admission is cheap. It can be linked with nearby Sackheim Gate and Dohna Tower to form a walking route along the 'Gate Trail'.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00; closed Mon
Nearby sights
- Rossgarten Gate
- Kaliningrad Amber Museum
- Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Arts
- Upper Pond (Oberteich)
- Fishing Village (Rybnaya Derevnya)
- Friedland Gate Museum
- Königsberg Cathedral & Kant's Tomb
- Bunker Museum (Lasch Bunker)