En Name: | Slavsk |
Ru Name: | Славск |
Coordinates: | 55.0833°N 61°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Slavsk (Kaliningrad oblast).png |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#European Russia#Europe#Russia |
Federal Subject: | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Adm District Jur: | Slavsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Slavsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Slavsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Slavsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | June 2012 |
Mun District Jur: | Slavsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Slavskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Slavsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Slavskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 4614 |
Established Date: | 1292 |
Prev Name1: | Heinrichswalde |
Prev Name1 Date: | 1945 |
Prev Name2: | Khaynrikhsvalde |
Prev Name2 Date: | 1946 |
Postal Codes: | 238600 |
Commonscat: | Slavsk |
Date: | January 2014 |
Slavsk (Russian: link=no|Славск; German: Heinrichswalde; Lithuanian: Gastos) is a town and the administrative center of Slavsky District in the Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 105km (65miles) northeast of Kaliningrad. Population figures:
The town was established in 1292 by the Teutonic Knights.[1] In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the territory to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.[2] After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), it became a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Knights,[3] and by Ducal Prussia afterwards.
From 1701, it formed part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and in 1819 it became seat of the Prussian Elchniederung district. In 1871 it became part of Germany. In the late 19th century, it had a population of over 1,800, partially Lithuanian. According to German data 16,000 Lithuanians lived in the district in 1890[4] (29% of the population). Two annual fairs were held in the town in the late 19th century.[5]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slavsk serves as the administrative center of Slavsky District.[6] As an administrative division, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated within Slavsky District as the town of district significance of Slavsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Slavsk is incorporated within Slavsky Municipal District as Slavskoye Urban Settlement.[7]
The town has a railway station on the Sovetsk-Kaliningrad railroad.
See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia.
Slavsk is twinned with: