The Catholic church of Gumbinnen was built in 1930.
After the Second World War the Catholic church was practically intact.
The part of the town where it stands became the grounds of a military unit, and a soldiers' club was set up in the church building. In the course of this conversion the church lost its tower.
Photos: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
