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Willuhnen Church

Willuhnen Church

Unfortunately, the village of Willuhnen has not survived to the present day. Coordinates of the site where the church stood: 54.799268, 22.653000.

The parish here was probably founded in 1621. The first pastor was Johann Löbel. In 1748 the church caught fire. In 1750 a new one was built of fieldstones. On 7 July 1890 the church was struck by lightning and burned down again, but it was rebuilt in 1891–94 in the Neo-Romanesque style, with a tall tower.

The large bell of Willuhnen church was cast in Königsberg in 1710.

The village was completely destroyed during the fighting. Today the area of the former village of Willuhnen is part of a military training ground.



Photos: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de.


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