In 1718 the parish was founded and at the same time a half-timbered church was built, which by 1737 had already become unusable.
In 1746 the parish church that has survived to this day was built. A massive plastered structure. The windows are set in round arches. A small porch on the north and a sacristy on the east. On the roof there was a small wooden turret. A flat plank ceiling. The church had a small organ and two bells, of 1737 and 1825.
The altar and pulpit were combined. Above the niche that encloses the altar and pulpit stand St. Catherine on the left, St. Barbara on the right and, in the middle, probably John the Baptist.
An old lime-tree avenue leads to the church. After the Second World War the church was used as a warehouse. The north porch has not survived. The sacristy on the east, its roof caved in, is in a dangerous state. The round-arched windows have been bricked up to fit standard rectangular frames. The roof is "new", covered with asbestos-cement sheets. On the east side, remains of the cemetery can be found.
Photos on this page: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
