Yantarny

Yantarny , previously known in German as Palmnicken , is an urban locality in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Sambian Peninsula, about 40 kilometers from Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 5,524 ; 5,455 ; 4,948 .
Palmnicken was founded in 1234 by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, on the site of a previous Old Prussian settlement. After the secularization of the Teutonic Knights' Prussian lands in 1525, Palmnicken became part of the Duchy of Prussia. During the Thirty Years' War, Palmnicken was one of several towns in the region occupied by Sweden, who remained in the town for six years. Palmnicken became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, and was occupied by Imperial Russian troops between 1758 and 1762 during the Seven Years' War. Palmnicken was included in the Prussian province of East Prussia in 1773, and resulting from the further Prussian administrative reform in 1818 it became part of Landkreis Fischhausen district, which was seated in Fischhausen . The local amber trade along the coast of the Sambian Peninsula entered industrial development in 1827, with Palmnicken eventually becoming the primary town of the industry in the region. The town became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany, and at the beginning of the 20th century developed into a spa resort. In 1939, the town had 3,079 inhabitants as part of Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II.

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