#Gumbinnen

Schirgupönen Church

In the 20th century it sank into oblivion together with the village

Niebudschen Church

It was built at the end of the 17th century. The bell in its tower first rang only a hundred years later, in 1797

Gerwischkehmen Church

A modest plastered brick building without a tower, erected in the early 19th century on a fieldstone foundation

Mallwischken Church

An octagonal plastered brick building with a wooden tower and a gallery on the roof. Demolished in the 1950s

Nemmersdorf Church

It was built around 1569 on the orders of Duke Albrecht, who died a year before it opened

Walterkehmen Church

If a beautiful church stood in Olkhovatka, travellers heading for Lake Vištytis would not just drive straight through

The Reformed Church of Gumbinnen

The congregation was founded by settlers from France, Switzerland, Nassau and the Palatinate. Before the church was built, they worshipped in a brewe…

Ischdaggen Church

The sad story of an abandoned and crumbling village church

The Catholic Church of Gumbinnen

It was built in 1930, was not damaged during the Second World War and afterwards served as a club on the grounds of a military unit

The Kreuzkirche of Gumbinnen

A polygonal building with a portal facing Schillerstrasse. Its pyramidal roof bore a turret

The Altstadt Church of Gumbinnen

It was built in 1720 on the orders of Frederick William I. In 1810–11 it was skilfully raised and enlarged

The Salzburger Church of Gumbinnen

The Salzburgers settled here in 1732. In 1839 the foundation stone was laid. On 15 October 1840 the church was consecrated