Talk:Königsberg

message: "Between October 1947 and October 1948, about 100,000 Germans were forcibly moved to Germany." 
Unfortunately the source isn't easily accessible, however, R.M. Douglas (https://www.google.de/books/edition/Orderly_and_Humane/DeOzUL-HXb0C?hl=de&gbpv=1, no page number provided, please search for "October 1947") gives the exact same number for the same period but refers to the region and not just the city of Königsberg. Could somebody check what Stefan Berger actually writes? 
The same problem occurs when talking about people of Lithuanian background. The source clearly refers to the whole Kaliningrad oblast and not just the city.("In the region that became part of the Soviet Union, there was only a very small number of people with some kind of Lithuanian background.")  As this article is about the City, we should stick to the specific numbers for the City of Königsberg/Kaliningrad.HerkusMonte (talk) 08:23, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  post-war numbers 

message: So the German version of this Article includes "(niederpreußisch Keenigsbarg)", or the Lower Prussian name being Keenigsbarg. However, on this version that information was deleted for lack of a source. Which one is it? Does the information need to be deleted too on the German version or will it be added here? Argacyan (talk) 20:30, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Different language Wikipedias are their own projects. Articles are not required to conform to each other and may find different facts interesting or uninteresting, supported or unsupported. Here, unsupported material should be removed and citations are required when adding. As for German Wikipedia, we leave it to the German-speaking audience... Skyerise (talk) 20:39, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Could the following be used as a source then, cause I will absolutely add it as a source for the German wiki page as well if it can be. Otherwise a dictionary could also be used since it is a word translation and not an argument, fact, piece of data or otherwise: Dorch Keenigsbarg. Möt Riemelkes On 40 Holtschnettkes, Daniel Staschus, Gräfe un unzer Verlag, Königsberg i. Pr., 1924 Argacyan (talk) 21:04, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: How would I know? I don't have a copy and don't know if it verifies the facts. It doesn't seem to have a page number, so I suspect you don't know for sure either. Get a copy, find the fact, then cite with a page number included, I suppose. Skyerise (talk) 21:11, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: This sounds like a troll- the source would be cited generally refering to the booklet, which is itself written in Lower Prussian, containing the reference at several spots starting with the title itself which I provided. Argacyan (talk) 21:21, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: That was an honest answer. I don't read Prussian. It seems you're the troll, then. Skyerise (talk) 21:26, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lower Prussian name  

message: Would be nice to add the flag and coat of arms of Königsberg in the infobox, though I don't know how to do this here. Synotia (talk) 15:03, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag and coat of arms 

message: "....From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries on, the inhabitants spoke predominantly German, although the city also had a profound influence upon the Lithuanian and Polish cultures..."
The inhabitants didn't just "spoke predominantly German". They were Germans! 
This way it sounds like the people of Königsberg had some special national, not German identity. I mean it points out the Polish and Lithuanian influx. But why point out linguistics, instead of nationality. 
It would be worth it to point it out, if they spoke a different language but German. KingOfRay (talk) 08:12, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language