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Groß Friedrichsdorf Church

Groß Friedrichsdorf Church

After the Second World War Groß Friedrichsdorf was renamed Gastellovo. Coordinates of the church: 55.008392, 21.547701.

The first church was consecrated on 1 November 1867. The wooden church and tower were erected on a stone foundation.

The second church was built in 1902. It was a massive brick building in the Romanesque style with an apse, consecrated on 17 May 1903. The tower stands at the south-west. The organ was built by Terletzki of Elbing in 1903.


Groß Friedrichsdorf church

After the Second World War the church remained in excellent condition.

It was used as a storehouse. However, the lack of even basic maintenance led to the collapse of the roofs and rafters. In the 1980s part of the church was dismantled. The tower and fragments of the walls survived until 2000. The tower spire is in a state of collapse. Foundation documents were found in the spire.



Photos: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de


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