page_title: Ozyorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ozyorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Rathaus und Kaiserliches Postamt in Darkehmen (ab 1938: Angerapp, ab 1945: Osjorsk), Landkreis Darkehmen, Ostpreußen. Darkehmen gehört heute zum Kaliningrader Gebiet in Russland. English: Town hall and Imperial Post Office in Darkehmen (renamed 1938: Angerapp, renamed 1945: Ozyorsk), Darkehmen district, East Prussia, Germany. Today in Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia. Русский: Дарке́мен (нем. Darkehmen); 1938: А́нгерапп (нем. Angerapp); 1945: Озёрск (Калининградская область)
context_page_description: Ozyorsk, known prior to 1938 by its German name Darkehmen, and from 1938 to 1946 as Angerapp, is a town and the administrative center of Ozyorsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Angrapa River near the border with the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, 120 kilometers southeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 4,740; 5,801; 6,219.
context_section_description: Before the arrival of the Teutonic Order and German settlers, the river valley was here settled by the Nadruvians, as evidenced by traces of settlements and fortifications found in the area. German overlordship was established around 1388, but the town is mentioned for the first time in written sources in 1539 as Darkyem. A first church was built in 1615. The settlement remained a village until 1724, when it received city rights by Frederick William I of Prussia. Soon afterwards, the town plan was revised with a market square and a new grid plan. An influx of immigrants followed (in 1725, 103 of the 742 registered inhabitants came from Salzburg) and craft production of leather and cloth established in the town. In the 19th century the industry had to close due to competition from more efficient industries in western Germany.
  Due to its location on the Angrapa River, a power station established in the watermill was already in 1880 able to produce electrical light for the town. The town was heavily damaged during fighting in World War I but rebuilt after garden city ideals following the war, with financial support from the city of Dresden.
  It was captured by Red Army on 22 January 1945. After World War II and the subsequent border shift, the region was placed under Soviet administration. It was renamed as Ozyorsk in 7 September 1946.
caption: City Hall and post office in 1910
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