In 1818 Stallupönen became the centre of the Kreis of the same name
In the 20th century the village and its church vanished from the maps
All the buildings of the village, the church included, were taken apart for bricks in the 1970s
This church had the misfortune of finding itself in the line of fire during both world wars that swept across Prussia
The village had a Protestant church and a Catholic church. The first was demolished after the war; the second still stands
The history remains, but the church is long gone. Its ruins were demolished in the early 1990s
Enzuhnen – Rodebach – Chkalovo: the 20th century and the village's radical renamings wore the local church down
Of one of the most beautiful churches of East Prussia only a fragment of wall and the pastor's house remain
The parish was founded in 1692 by the future first Prussian king, at that time still Elector Friedrich III
The church was destroyed in the First World War but then rebuilt. The Second World War passed it by.
In the 2010s the local community nurtured the idea of setting up a First World War museum in it
One of the most unusual churches in the region, part of the Kristijonas Donelaitis Museum
The elegant wooden chapel at the Kaiser's hunting lodge was dismantled after the Second World War
The first was demolished in the 1950s; the second stands perfectly intact
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