#Ragnit

Neman (Ragnit)

Ragnit was granted town rights in 1722 by Frederick William I, who went down in history as the Soldier King

Catholic Chapel in Ragnit

Built in the late 1930s. After the war it was a military depot. Today the building houses an Orthodox church

Groß Lenkeningken Church

Of the handsome church built at the beginning of the 20th century, not one stone was left standing on another

Jurgaitschen Church

An imposing building of the 1840s. In the first half of the 20th century the village was even renamed after it

Kraupischken Church

A church has been known on this site since the 16th century. Rebuilt several times. In ruins since the Second World War

Lengwethen Church

It was built for settlers from Salzburg; after the Second World War it was used as a House of Culture

Schillen Church

The first church built on the orders of Friedrich I, who ascended the Prussian throne in 1701.

Budwethen Church

After the Second World War it housed a House of Culture and a cinema until it burned down in 1995

Ragnit Church

In 1945 Ragnit church was undamaged, but in the 1950s it began to be converted into a furniture shop and a hostel

Ragnit Castle

An outpost of the Teutonic Order and a mustering point for knightly forces on campaigns into Lithuania