If you spend a few minutes chotite in the mind of the eternal and imperishable, be sure to visit the grave of Kant. This does not leave you indifferent
the former cathedral is alongside but the grave seems to be closed off to the public?
Сама могила находится у Кафедрального Собора, где есть небольшой музей Канта. На острове в центре города.
Worth it only if you're Immanel's fan. Don't spend time on it. I think TA should delete this "tourist attraction" from the list. Because it's not an attraction. You'd better go to restaurant to have some tasty fish =)
I like history. Immanuel Kant was the great phylosofer. I read his papers and it was very interesting to be near his grave. Thanks for the renovation of his rest place. After the second world war (I was in Kaliningrad in the soviet times) this place was very poor(if to say delicate)
Иммануил Кант - выдающийся немецкий философ. Его могила расположена на живописном острове в величественном и прекрасном соборе. Место, необходимое для посещения всех гостей Калининграда.
I'm really wondering why visiting it at all? it's by the Cathedral so you won't miss for sure whether you like it o not...
Immanuel Kant, b1724-d1804 lived his entire life in the city of Koenigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russias most westerly city situated on the Baltic Sea. Renowned worldwide as a scholar and philosopher Kant began as a student at the University and later went on to become its Rector. His tomb and memorial are situated against the North-east wall of the Gothic Cathedral and traditionally newly-weds visit the memorial to place flowers thereon, in fact you will find that all memorials around the city be they statues to wartime Generals, War memorials etc are rarely without fresh flowers placed upon them. Close by Kants tomb stands the recently erected statue of Duke Albrecht founding father of both the city and its university
If you are visiting Kaliningrad for it's past, this is one of those few glimpses of old Königsberg that survived soviet times only by miracle. Most of the graves of famous east Prussian figures were destroyed, but Kant's tomb was saved by an anonymous person who wrote a letter to one of soviet newspapers, fearing that the philosophers grave will be destroyed when "clearing the rubble of cathedral". He used the strategy of citing Engels' works to prove that Kant's writings are important for communist ideology and thus saved not only the grave, but also the ruins of the cathedral from being demolished. Kant's grave is worth visiting not only as an important site for the history of philosophy, but also as a symbol of eccentricity of soviet system and the monument for the long-lost city of Königsberg.
Usually when you see a grave of someone "big" they are easy to notice, worth seeing. Well that time it is worth to see just to say that you saw it and to have a photo. Nothing special.