Krasnoznamensk City Council

• Population: 3719
• Region: Kaliningrad Oblast

Krasnoznamensk is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast located on the Šešupė River. It is the administrative center of Krasnoznamensky District of Kaliningrad Oblast. Lithuanians make up a significant portion of the population. Lithuanian cultural organisations exist in the town, which is in the ethnographic region known as Lithuania Minor.

Prior to World War II the town was part of the Prussian Province of East Prussia, within Germany. Until 1938 its German name was Lasdehnen, but as it was of Baltic Old Prussian origin, the Nazi government changed it to Haselberg ("Hazel Mountain") in 1938. After World War II ended in 1945, the area was annexed by the Soviet Union and the town was renamed Krasnoznamensk ("Red Banner Town").

Today Krasnoznamensk is a small, cozy and tranquil town with its serene life. It is situated on the Šešupė river bank surrounded with forests. City forest takes 42,6 hectares. River Šešupė springs from Polish lands goes through Lithuania, through Krasnoznamensk district and flows into Neman River.

Krasnoznamensk is not an industrial town. Social institutions: Krasnoznamensk secondary school, 2 libraries, "Municipal Centre of Culture, Sport and Youth”, Art school for children, Museum of Local Lore, Regional Hospital, etc. There are also “Verbena” Hotel, restaurant, “Goodwin” café, “Dolphin” club in the town.

Places to visit:

• Russian – German cemetery of the I-st World War,
• Kirche (a working Orthodoxal Church),
• Monuments of the II-nd World War,
• Public garden of the first settlers with a fountain,
• Historical buildings.