Freshwater life living in the Upper Pond include perch, roach, carp, tench, pike, and eels.

The levee separating it from the southern Schlossteich or Lower Pond eventually became the street Wrangelstraße.

Quarters of Königsberg in the vicinity of the pond included Hinterroßgarten to the southeast, Hintertragheim to the southwest, Tragheimsdorf to the west, and Maraunenhof to the north.

The pond was transferred from Germany to the Soviet Union following World War II in 1945.

The German consulate is located along the northern shore of the modern Upper Pond.