It was the only church in Pillau with a tower. It was built in the Gothic style on a base of granite from the island of Bornholm. Limestone slabs from Solnhofen were used to face the church. Swedish limestone served as the material for the altar. The length from the tower to the choir was 23 metres, and the aisles were 11 metres wide.
The church had two hundred seats.
The window glass, made to designs by the artist Bacher, was produced at Georg Schneider’s art glass works in Regensburg.
The church was destroyed during the Second World War and demolished after it. Only the priest’s house survived and was handed over to the Catholic Church.
Photos on this page: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
