Editing Albert, Duke of Prussia (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Dom Fuerstengruft.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Albert by [[Cornelis Floris de Vriendt]] in [[Königsberg Cathedral]]]]
[[File:Albertus-Schild.jpg|thumb|"Albertus" with sword from the [[Silberbibliothek]]]]

Albert was the first German noble to support Luther's ideas {{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} and in 1544 founded the [[University of Königsberg]], the Albertina, as a rival to the Roman Catholic [[Krakow Academy]]. It was the second Lutheran university in the German states, after the [[University of Marburg]].

A [[relief]] of Albert over the Renaissance-era portal of [[Königsberg Castle]]'s southern wing was created by Andreas Hess in 1551 according to plans by Christoph Römer.<ref name="M90">Mühlpfordt, p. 90</ref> Another relief by an unknown artist was included in the wall of the Albertina's original campus. This depiction, which showed the duke with his sword over his shoulder, was the popular "Albertus", the symbol of the university. The original was moved to [[Königsberg Public Library]] to protect it from the elements, while the sculptor [[Paul Kimritz]] created a duplicate for the wall.<ref name="M90"/> Another version of the "Albertus" by Lothar Sauer was included at the entrance of the [[Königsberg State and Royal Library]].<ref name="M90"/>

In 1880 [[Friedrich Reusch]] created a sandstone bust of Albert at the Regierungsgebäude, the administrative building for [[Regierungsbezirk Königsberg]]. On 19 May 1891 Reusch premiered a famous statue of Albert at [[Königsberg Castle]] with the inscription: "Albert of Brandenburg, Last Grand Master, First Duke in Prussia".<ref>Mühlpfordt, p. 82</ref> [[Albert Wolff (sculptor)|Albert Wolff]] also designed an equestrian statue of Albert located at the new campus of the Albertina. [[King's Gate (Kaliningrad)|King's Gate]] contains a statue of Albert.

Albert was oft-honored in the quarter [[Maraunenhof]] in northern Königsberg. Its main street was named Herzog-Albrecht-Allee in 1906. Its town square, König-Ottokar-Platz, was renamed Herzog-Albrecht-Platz in 1934 to match its church, the [[Herzog-Albrecht-Gedächtniskirche]].<ref>Mühlpfordt, p. 133</ref>