Balga was the oldest Ordensburg constructed by the Teutonic Order in the region of present-day Kaliningrad Oblast, and was built from 1239 to control naval traffic on the Vistula Lagoon.

Until the end of World War II Balga was in the former German Province of East Prussia; it was the site of one of the final battles of the Wehrmacht with advancing Red Army forces during the East Prussian …

Balga was a medieval castle of the Teutonic Knights. The hill of Balga had been the site of an Old Prussian (Warmian) fortress called Honeda, that had been unsuccessfully besieged by the Wettin …

In December 1254, King Ottokar II, who had arrived to assist the Order, used Balga as a base to capture Sambia. In 1290, when the restructuring of the castle in stone ended, Balga became one of the most …

Balga (Russian: замок Бальга; German: Burg Balga; Lithuanian: Balga; Polish: Bałga) was a medieval castle of the Teutonic Knights in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

Balga was the oldest Ordensburg constructed by the Teutonic Order in the region of present-day Kaliningrad Oblast, and was built from 1239 to control naval traffic on the Vistula Lagoon.

This castle was held until 28 March 1945 as one of the last German strongholds in East Prussia. Thanks to the fierce German resistance, ten thousands of refugees succesfully managed to reach safe …