The von Lehndorff family's Samland estate lay near Wargen
Destroyed during the assault of 1945; its ruins were cleared away in the post-war years
Damaged during the fighting within the Pillau fortress in 1945. The ruins were cleared away
The gable was slightly damaged during the fighting in 1945. After the war the church was used as a warehouse
Badly damaged during the Second World War, which later led to its demolition
The ancestral seat of the Dönhoff family
Over its history it caught fire more than once. The last time it burned for five whole days, after which the ruins were taken apart
The church and the village around it were taken apart for building materials almost immediately after the Second World War
Traces of the pre-war past of these places survive only on paper
Besides the main Lutheran church, the resort town had a Catholic and a Baptist chapel
The forest that grew up around it on the dune has made this church one of the most beautiful in Samland
A famous place, a beautiful church, but what is left of it you could hardly find even if you searched high and low
A rebuilt wing of the local castle.
At the beginning of the 20th century the local half-timbered church gave way to a brick one
Later than many others, but in 2026 this church too was finally remembered
Its entrance was adorned with sculptures by the celebrated sculptor Rudolf Siemering
The length of its nave was striking. The impression was heightened by the height of the walls and the tall, narrow windows
For a long time it was the parish church of the village of Rauschen (Svetlogorsk). Even its ruins look impressive
After the war it was intact. It was used for utility purposes. It stood abandoned. It is now being repaired
A famous church on the road to Yantarny, with three stork nests on its roof
After the First World War, a mosaic panel commemorating the fallen appeared on the church wall and made it special
It survived the war, but soon afterwards it somehow got in the way of some atheist in power and was demolished in 1958
Where this church once stood in the middle of the village of the same name, the waves of the lagoon now lap
Having survived the war without losses, it fell into decay in peacetime
One of the many East Prussian churches of which not one stone was left standing upon another
A "contemporary" of Königsberg Cathedral
The neo-Gothic tower that appeared in the early 1860s did nothing to embellish it
Having survived the Second World War, the building, except for the tower, dematerialised in peacetime
The outstanding Prussian statesman Theodor von Schön was buried in the churchyard
Its surviving tower greets everyone heading for the regional capital from the south at the bridge over the Prokhladnaya (Frisching) River
The neighbour of the castle of the same name, recreated in Guryevsk
A very old and yet beautifully preserved church on the northern bank of the Pregel
It was built for holidaymakers in the early 20th century. Today it houses the House of Culture of the village of Primorye
Built from a wing of the castle that for more than a hundred years was the centre of the amber trade in Samland
Why people kiss under the mistletoe and why the Celts considered this plant sacred
The blue that made Prussia famous: Preußisch Blau
A neighbour of the House of Technology and the Wrangel Tower, it stood between them on the bank of the former fortress moat
Built in the early 20th century on Königstraße, not far from the East Prussian Fire Insurance Society
Like many other churches in the region, it survived the war only to find itself unwanted, and was gradually destroyed
Because of the First World War, the construction of this church dragged on for almost ten years
A cosy city church with three hundred years of history that could not withstand the onslaught of the turbulent 20th century
The church's modest exterior was offset by its original interior, especially the vaulted ceiling of the nave
The last church in Kaliningrad to be demolished by decision of the Party leadership
The wooden altar and pulpit were joined by an old chest bearing a seated Madonna of the 14th century
In the 1990s the church was handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church and after renovation became the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theoto…
The church held the armour of the legendary Grand Marshal of the Order and Komtur of Königsberg, Henning Schindekopf
The modest church of a small settlement that became part of Königsberg in 1939. It burned down and was demolished in 1968
The church's history divides into before and after the lightning strike of 1845, which caused a devastating fire
In Russian and other languages the name of the church is rendered as the Old Rossgarten Church
The only church built on Lomse Island before the Second World War
The story of the Vagonka rock club began in 1977, when the Ritm disco opened in the church building
The Yevgeny Svetlanov Kaliningrad Philharmonic, designed by Friedrich Heitmann
The beautiful church on the border of Hufen and Amalienau is surrounded by a run-down square and park
The Königsberg district with the most dubious reputation was especially in need of a church
The city's principal architectural monument
Until the early 20th century its organ, built by the great Casparini, was considered one of the finest in East Prussia
The cradle of the Prussian monarchy. There was and is no more important place in the history of the German state
What made it special was the number of columns per square metre of the nave
The silhouette of the Königsberg Castle tower, renewed in the second half of the 19th century, was a homage to the legendary church
The oldest church in central Königsberg
The oldest church in the regional capital
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