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Groß Schönau Church

Groß Schönau Church

After the Second World War Groß Schönau ended up in the neutral strip between the USSR and Poland. The church dates from the 14th century. It burned down in 1835 but was rebuilt in 1837. Coordinates: 54.351509, 21.044225.

Its appearance is simple: fieldstone in the lower part, plastered brick in the upper part.

The tower walls are more than 2 metres thick. Buttresses. The sacristy on the north and the porch on the south had vaulted ceilings. The nave has a flat ceiling. The altar and the pulpit date from the 18th century, the organ from 1844. The church had two bells.

The church stands right on the border with Poland. It was probably not damaged in the Second World War and was dismantled in the post-war years.

Groß Schönau on Yandex Maps



As of 1989 all that remained of the church was the tower and low fragments of the walls. A simple cross on the tower spire. Tiles are missing around the spire.

The village has been razed completely; not even the foundations remain.



Photos on this page: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de


Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.