The first church was probably built in 1554, since a pastor Augustin Jamund is already mentioned in 1555. The next church was consecrated in 1772. This was a rectangular building of boulders, roughly 31 x 16 m. A sacristy was added on the east side and a porch on the south. In 1893 a tower was added on the west. The building itself had five round-arched windows on each side.
The altar and pulpit are combined and were made in 1722. The pulpit has hand-carved woodwork. In the altar is a painting of the head of Christ in a carved frame. Organ of 1787. A fine large wooden chandelier of the mid-19th century. The church had two bells.
In 1930, with money collected by local residents, a memorial was erected to the German soldiers who fell in the First World War. The memorial was designed by the Königsberg professor Friedrich Lahrs.
In mid-January 1945 heavy fighting took place around Kraupischken. The church was badly damaged.
By 1989 what survived was the shell of the tower with a ruined roof and the south and north walls of the nave. The east wall with the sacristy has been destroyed. Of the south porch, low remnants of the walls survive.
The churchyard around the church has practically not survived. In 1976 the memorial to the soldiers who fell in the First World War was demolished. During its demolition a capsule containing documents was found. The documents were preserved by the school headmaster.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
