According to the 1286 charter of Altstadt, the town was granted control of a stretch of land (Hufen) from the Pregel River northward until the fields of an Old Prussian village known as Lauxken[1] or Lauchsen.
Lawsker Allee continued east through Ratshof and Amalienau before becoming Hufenallee in Mittelhufen.
North of Lawsken was Friedrichswalde, while Holstein lay farther to the southwest along the Pregel.
[3] Königsberg's citizens jokingly referred to the farmers of Lawsken and Metgethen as Kartoffelhengste (potato stallions), referring to the villagers' supplying of potatoes to the city.
[1] Part of eastern Lawsken was incorporated into Königsberg on 1 April 1905, with the remainder merged into the provincial capital on 21 February 1911.