The parish church was built in the 14th century. A handsome brick building in Gothic bond, with a frieze. Buttresses. An ancient tower with walls 2.6 m thick.
The building itself has pointed windows with whitewashed reveals. A very beautiful gable on the east side. On the north, a sacristy with a fine gable. On the south, the porch has the same kind of gable. Inside, the nave had five vaulted bays; later the ceiling was made arched and wooden. The pulpit and the altar date from 1733, the organ from 1840.
The church suffered major fires in 1567 and 1722 and was restored afterwards.
After the Second World War the church was intact, but later fell into disrepair because the tiled roof had given way.
Until 1988 it was used for farm purposes. In the winter of 1988 the rotten rafters gave way, and the eastern part of the roof collapsed, as did the upper part of the gable. In 1993 the rest of the roof fell in.
As of 1994 the roofs of the sacristy and the porch were beyond repair. The tower roof was also crumbling. Sheds had been built against the north side of the church. By 2000 the church was in a catastrophic state. In 2010 it was handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Photos on this page: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
