In 1807 a battle took place at Heilsberg between the French under Murat and Soult and the Russians and Prussians under Bennigsen. After the defeat of Napoleon and the removal of the French occupation Prussia joined the other German states to form the German Union (Deutsche Bund) , and in 1871 lead the formation of the German empire (Deutsche Reich).
Overrun by Soviet troops in 1945 it is since then known as Lidzbark Warminski, Warmia, in northeastern Poland and is situated 38 miles south of Koenigsberg, today Kaliningrad.
For AD 1755 map and exact location of Heilsberg see large imperial map of the prince-bishop land of Ermeland[[1] (http://mitglied.lycos.de/wm727/ke/Ermland1755.htm#H)]. Go down to listing of town, click on Heilsberg for details of Heilsberg city and Amt Heilsberg (county of Heilsberg).
For AD 1600 map large map of Prussia see[[2] (http://wwwtest.library.ucla.edu/libraries/mgi/maps/blaeu/prvssia.jpg)], scroll to the right. Heils(p)erg is located to the right of the lettering Ermeland and Varmia on this map.
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