page_title: Mamonovo
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mamonovo / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of Heiligenbeil, Duchy of Prussia (17 century) Deutsch: Historische Ansicht von Heiligenbeil, Herzogtum Preußen (17. Jahrhundert)
context_page_description: Mamonovo, prior to 1945 known by its German name Heiligenbeil, is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population figures: 7,761; 7,393; 7,816.
context_section_description: Under the Teutonic Knights Heiligenstadt was built near an Old Prussian settlement. It was later renamed Heiligenbeil after a holy axe used by Augustinian monks, established in the area by Grand Master Winrich von Kniprode after the Battle of Rudau, to cut down an oak tree worshiped by pagan Prussians. It came under the bishopric Warmia, then to the territory of Natangia. Part of the Kingdom of Prussia, in Germany it was in the province of East Prussia.
  Towards the end  World War II in fierce fighting between January and March 1945 the Heiligenbeil pocket fell to the Red Army. It was captured by Red Army on March 26, 1945 and was soon integrated into the Kaliningrad Oblast. It took its present name in 1946. The defending 4th Army's archives were buried in a forest near the town and found in 2004, in an area still littered with debris from the final battles.
caption: Heiligenbeil in the 17th century
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