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Juwendt Church

Juwendt Church

After the Second World War Juwendt was renamed Razino. Construction of the church here began in 1929. It was consecrated on 16 August 1931. It was a white church on the Groß Friedrichsgraben (Polessky Canal) with a solid tower holding two bells. Its coordinates: 54.949655, 21.257800.

The church had a small organ. It had tall narrow windows and a sacristy on the south. The interior furnishings were simple but tasteful. The altar, with new decoration, was combined with the pulpit. Wall candelabra bore fishermen's symbols. The interior had a flat ceiling.


Juwendt Church

There was no fighting in this area, and the church stood intact until 1951. It was used as a warehouse and a net-making workshop. It had a watchman.

Juwendt Church (Ludendorff)



It was dismantled by soldiers at the end of the 1950s. It may have burned.

As of 1990 the concrete foundation and the steps were clearly visible. Part of the foundation had been used to build a small house.



Photos on this page: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de


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