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For those not already in on the joke (I wasn't) this is meme-based satire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%A1lovec_Region

I wasn't in on the joke either, but once I saw the "Relax on the best beach in Královec" picture, I figured this either must be satire or someone needs to fire the marketing department.

“Mordor” and “little Mordor” on the map sealed the deal for me

This thing is getting out of hand:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=54.747&mlon=20.500#map=8...

Being a Lithuanian I love this new neighbourhood. So much better!

omfg, the number of people who take seriously this originally innocent looking joke really haunts me. Originally it was a joke about referendums in Ukraine regions about joining Russian Federation which is viewed as an illegal annexation by most of us, Czechs. So the joke is "they can illegally annex part of other countries so let's illegally annex Königsberg which was established in 1255 in honour of our king, Ottokar 2nd of Bohemia".

dpč, fakt mě děsí to, kolik lidí bere vážně tento původně nevinný vtípek. :-D

Where is it taken seriously?

This reminds me: Does anyone remember the 1987 Infocom adventure "Border Zone" with its hilarious Fortunate tourists guide and phrasebook "I am Frobnia"?

I am fortunate to have a copy somewhere in my basement, but it is also available online of course:

https://mocagh.org/infocom/borderzone-phrasebook.pdf

Ouzna gotcha!

vam tam hore trosku zajebava ze?

Malinko. Smějící se bestie, jako vždycky.

What’s the new name of the town recently known as Sovetsk, and more formerly known as Tilsit?

Asking for a lovely elderly German who still has the latter on his passport as his birthplace…

Ah, Tylže - a very sensible transliteration!

Bohemians dare to annex German ground? This will have consequences!

Molon labe

Labe is, among others, Czech name for the river Elbe.

Come and take our river :)

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