Neue Sorge

[2] In folk etymology, the German language name derived from the response of Bogusław Radziwiłł, 17th century governor of Königsberg, when asked what the developing district should be called: "Wieder eine neue Sorge!"

[5] In 1662 Duke Frederick William, the Great Elector, established Neue Sorge as a Freiheit of Königsberg Castle and bestowed it with a Gerichtssiegel, or court seal.

[6] This depicted a hand descending from clouds holding a heraldic right angle, flanked by two open eyes, as well as the 1662 year of its granting.

[4] Neue Sorge was bordered by Löbenicht to the west, Rossgarten to the north, the 17th century Baroque city walls to the east, and Sackheim to the south.

Construction of the beautiful Baroque houses of Neue Sorge intensified when the Great Elector granted the land to his court officials for residence.

East Prussian noble families who lived in the quarter included the Flanß, Götzen, Goltz, Halle, Kanitz, Kittlitz, Königseck, Lesgewang, Nettelhorst, Öltzen, Ostau, Polenz, Rappe, Röder, Schack von Wittenau, Schlieben, Truchseß, and Wallenrodt.

King Frederick II established a military college (École militaire) in the Königshaus in 1741, which remained until its transfer to Haberberg in 1799.

The Landeshaus, the administrative seat of government for the province of East Prussia, was located at Königstraße 28–31 on lands once owned by the Dönhoff family.