The first church here was built under Ulrich von Jungingen, when he was still Komtur of Balga Castle
An excursion towards the Masurian Lakes, to the towns of Pravdinsk and Zheleznodorozhny
The town is unique in that it did not grow up around a castle of the Order or of a bishop
After the Second World War Friedland Church fell to the victors intact, but in 1948 it was looted in a single night
In the East Prussian campaign of 1806–1807, Russia fought Napoleon himself on equal terms
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