Mendeleyevo Microdistrict
settlement in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
Mendeleyevo (Russian: Менделеево, until 1947 German: Juditten; Polish: Judyty; Lithuanian: Judyčių) is part of the Tsentralny District in Kaliningrad, Russia. It was first a suburb of and then a quarter of Königsberg. Juditten Church was a site of pilgrimage since the Middle Ages.
Etymology
The estate was first documented ca. 1287 as duas villas sic nominatas Gaudityn near Königsberg. The name was derived from the Old Prussian words gaudis (melancholy) and juodas (dark), describing the landscape. Separately, Eugen Reichel, a historian of Gottsched, attributed the name to a converted Sudovian chieftain known as Gedete who had relocated to Sambia. The site was documented in 1349 as super villam Gauditin, Gauditen and in 1402 as Judynkirchen. In 1670 it was mentioned by its modern German name, Juditten, in ducal documents.
In 1947 Juditten was renamed Mendeleyevo in Russian.
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