- Железнодоро́жный, lit.
railway (town);
until 1946 German: Gerdauen; Polish:
Gierdawy; Lithuanian: Girdava), is an
urban locality (an urban-type settlement)...
-
Kreuzburg (Krzyżbork, now Slavskoye) 30 May 1440
Domnau (Domnowo, now Domnovo)
Sztum 21 June 1440
Gerdauen (
Gierdawy, now Zheleznodorozhny) 18
October 1440...
-
under Polish control with
Polish administration organized in the
towns of
Gierdawy and Iławka, however, the area was
eventually annexed by the
Soviet Union...
- (current
southern border strip of
Kaliningrad Oblast) with the
towns of
Gierdawy (now Zheleznodorozhny) and Iławka (now Bagrationovsk) from
Poland and expelled...
- the People's
Republic of
Poland and the USSR. Initially, the
towns of
Gierdawy and Iławka p****ed
under Polish control with
Polish administration already...
-
under Polish control with
Polish administration organized in the
towns of
Gierdawy and Iławka, however, the
Polish administration was
eventually expelled...
-
Zalivnoye Заливное
Postnicken Postniki Paustininkai Zheleznodorozhny Железнодорожный
Gerdauen Gierdawy Girdava Znamensk Знаменск
Wehlau Welawa Vėluva...
- was
located in the
Gierdawy County. It
became its
county seat
after the
unilateral annexation of the
former county seat of
Gierdawy by the
Soviet Union...
-
later reduced by the
annexation of its
northern strip with the
towns of
Gierdawy and Iławka by the
Soviet Union, and
transferring its
westernmost counties...
- and
cattle and
horse breeding.
Cattle and
horses were sold at
markets in
Gierdawy and Welawa.
Under **** Germany, the
village was
renamed Strigengrund to...
