The church in Metgethen was built in 1925 by decision of the Juditten church congregation. It was a brick church with concrete structural elements: an octagonal building with a tall pyramidal roof crowned by a small turret. The entrance had a tall portal with a classical pediment. Inside there was a vaulted ceiling. The space itself was simple, with a small altar niche. The church had one bell and an organ by the firm of Emil Hammer.
Despite the heavy fighting in Metgethen in the winter of 1945, the church survived the war intact. In the 1950s it was used as a hay store. It was then that the cross was broken off and the turret damaged.
In the 1960s, because of damage to the roof covering, the rafters rotted. But until 1970 the church was still in relatively decent condition. Then over 10 years it was gradually destroyed. Most of it was taken apart for bricks by the military; the rest was carried off by local residents. By 1985 only the portal of the church remained, and it too was later demolished.
The settlement itself is an administrative part of Kaliningrad. In summer it looks quite attractive thanks to its abundant greenery, but it is badly neglected and unkempt. The Metgethen manor house, an architectural monument, has not survived, nor has the former girls' school. The former fire brigade school is in a deplorable state.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
