The plague of 1709–10 badly depopulated Prussia, and in 1724 Friedrich Wilhelm I settled the area around Göritten with people from Nassau, the Palatinate and Württemberg. Most of them were Reformed. The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1724. In December 1725 it was opened. It was a brick building measuring 32.3 x 16.3 m, with a wooden tower. Inside, each of two Ionic pilasters carried three wooden groin vaults of the central nave. A low pulpit. An organ of 1774, renewed in 1838. Two bells, a gift from Friedrich Wilhelm I, bearing a crown and the date 1726.
As a result of the fighting during the First World War (1914) the church was seriously damaged and did not reopen until 25 June 1925.
During the Second World War the church came under shellfire and was badly destroyed. Marks left by artillery shells and bullets can still be seen on the remaining walls.
As of 1990: the western part of the church has been destroyed and demolished. The remains of the eastern part are covered with an asbestos-cement roof. The breaches and windows have been bricked up, and the building is used as a storehouse.
Photos: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
