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Lithuanian Church of Tilsit

Lithuanian Church of Tilsit

The church was built by the architect Carl Ludwig Berg in 1757. Coordinates of the site where it stood: 55.081782, 21.900138.

It was a small oval building. The roof was crowned by a tower. The entrance was on the south side. The church had a nave and two aisles. The aisles were fitted with galleries. The nave had a vaulted wooden ceiling resting on Doric columns. The pulpit and altar were simple and stood in the eastern part of the church. The organ was consecrated on 9 September 1860.


Lithuanian Church


The Lithuanian Church survived the Second World War undamaged. In the winter of 1950-51 it was set on fire by teenagers and burned down. It was finally demolished in 1951-52.

View of the Lithuanian Church from the tower of the German ChurchPhotos on this page: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de


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