The estate Maraunenhof, originally Maraunen, was located in the forest west of the
Oberteich and north of
Tragheim since 1571. It was named after an
Old Prussian farmer named Maraun, who acquired the land from
Löbenicht in 1605. In 1651 it was reacquired by
Löbenicht. In 1798 it was documented as the
Gasthaus Maraunenhof. Parks in Maraunenhof included Max-Aschmann-Park, named after the merchant
Max Aschmann, and the scenic Stadtgärtnerei, established by Garden Inspector Paul Käber (1869–1919). The quarter's mostly Protestant residents attended the
Herzog-Albrecht-Gedächtniskirche at König-Ottokar-platz, named after King
Ottokar II of Bohemia; in 1934 the square was renamed Herzog-Albrecht-Platz after
Albert, Duke of Prussia. In 1935 a military hospital was opened near Max-Aschmann-Park for Königsberg's garrison. The quarter
Tragheimer Palve developed just west of Maraunenhof. The football club
VfB Königsberg played its home games at the Sportplatz des Vereins für Bewegungs Spiele near the Stadtgärtnerei, aside from 1940 to 1941 when they played at the Sportplatz am Friedländer Tor between
Haberberg and
Rosenau. The women's athletic club
Königsberger Damen Sportverein also played along Aschmannallee in Maraunenhof. While most of Königsberg was heavily damaged by the 1944
Bombing of Königsberg and the 1945
Battle of Königsberg, Maraunenhof was relatively unscathed by
World War II. ==Notes==