It was much better under the Germans. It is a beautiful spot, though, and one can see why it was the "king's mountain"--konig, with the umlat over the "o." It relies mostly on tourism, the guide said.
From Google: Destroyed in World War II and annexed to the USSR in 1946, the region was stripped of its German identity and was named after Mikhail Kalinin, a Russian communist leader. A highly militarized zone during the Soviet era, the area only opened to visitors about 20 years ago.
How delightful, named after a Russian communist. I THINK I prefer the original name.
You mean Królewiec , is now Kaliningrad.