The town is unique in that it did not grow up around a castle of the Order or of a bishop
The sad story of an old settlement whose fate its church shared
Having survived the war and held out until the mid-1990s, the church began to fall into ruin. In 2010 it was handed over to the Russian Orthodox Chur…
One of the hardest-to-reach monuments of medieval architecture in the region
A brick-and-fieldstone building from the time of the Teutonic Order. The walls and the tower have partly survived
Built in 1806–1808 of fieldstone and brick. It survived the war and was then used as a warehouse
After the war the village was split in two by the border. The church ended up on the Soviet side. In 1974 it was demolished
The upper part of its tower was handsomely articulated by slender blind windows. Lost in the 1970s
A tall tower with five rows of blind windows and gables to the east and west, at a bend in the road to Zheleznodorozhny
A brick building without a chancel, with a vaulted sacristy to the north and a tower to the west
When it was rebuilt in the 19th century, masonry from the time of the Teutonic Order was partly reused
All that remains from the time of the Teutonic Order is the tower with a fine pointed portal, the plinth and part of the east wall
Since 2000 the church has been used as a gym by the Mozyr school across the road
Founded in the second half of the 14th century, it belonged to a convent of Augustinian nuns established in 1402
One of the most expressive and picturesque ruins in the region
It is hard to count on a happy, peaceful life when you are surrounded by a military training ground
A many-kilometre oak alley
After the Second World War Friedland Church fell to the victors intact, but in 1948 it was looted in a single night
The Second World War spared Gerdauen Church, and until 1961 it was in almost perfect condition
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