The first church in this fishing village was built in 1570. In front of it rose a tower that served the fishermen as a landmark. The second church stood in the middle of the village by the water and was erected in 1700. Wooden and octagonal, with a small turret on the roof ridge. Radius of the church: 17 metres.
A flat ceiling on Tuscan columns. The windows were rectangular. A granite font of the 17th century. The pulpit and altar combined. Organ of 1898. One bell.
After the Second World War the church remained intact and was used for farm purposes. In 1964 it was pulled down with tractors.
Photos on this page: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
