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Saalau Church

Saalau Church

After the Second World War Saalau was renamed Kamenskoye. A church stood here as early as the time of the Teutonic Order. After the Reformation, pastors are recorded from 1540. The year in which the last church was founded is unclear, but most likely it was the first half of the 18th century. Coordinates: 54.654885, 21.552542.

During the Seven Years' War the church building and the parsonage were used as a field hospital, and after the Russians left they burned down.

The present church is a plastered brick building about 21 m long and 11 m wide, without a tower. A small sacristy to the east and a porch to the north.

The half-timbered bell tower stood separately, north-east of the church. The pulpit and the altar are in the Classicist style. The organ is of recent make. The bells date from 1768 and 1818.

After 1945 it was intact. It stands on a flat hill. The bell tower has not survived. Some of the windows have been bricked up, the rest are closed with wooden shutters. All the annexes are intact. The church roof is covered with asbestos-cement sheeting. A square door has been knocked through on the west side. The church is used as a community centre and also as a cinema.


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