Dalneye Microdistrict

Dalneye (Russian: Дальнее) is a residential area in Moskovsky District of the city of Kaliningrad, Russia. It was formerly known by its German name Seligenfeld as first a suburb of and then a quarter of Königsberg, Germany, located southeast of the city center.

History

The village of Seligenfeld, located east of Schönfliess and south of Jerusalem, was first documented in 1395.^[1] It was granted to the Benedictine convent in Löbenicht in 1465.^[2]

Seligenfeld's one-nave church was renovated in 1693, but burned down in 1845 after a lightning strike. The rebuilt church contained a paneled, wooden ceiling with wooden pillars, as well as two bells.^[1]

The fort XI Dönhoff, named in 1894, was built near Seligenfeld as part of the new Königsberg fortifications constructed from 1872 to 1894.^[3] The village was incorporated into the city of Königsberg in 1939. Königsberg became Russian Kaliningrad following World War II.