#Tilsit

Reformed Church of Tilsit

Badly damaged during the Second World War; all that remains of it is the tower, without its spire

Catholic Church of Tilsit

Partly destroyed after WWII. In the 1960s–70s it was dismantled for bricks. Its railings went to make a school fence

Kreuzkirche of Tilsit (New Church)

It survived the Second World War intact; in the 1970s it housed one of the workshops of the Raduga factory

Lithuanian Church of Tilsit

It came through the Second World War undamaged, but in the winter of 1950–51 it was set on fire by teenagers

German Church of Tilsit (Lutheran)

It was intact after 1945. In the post-war years it was stripped for firewood and bricks, and what remained was demolished in the 1960s

Catholic Chapel in Ragnit

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

Gowarten Church

Built in the first quarter of the 20th century. After the war it was put to other uses

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

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.

Neu Argeningken Church

Surprised by the shape of the dome on the church tower in Novokolkhoznoye? In German times it looked almost the same

Ragnit Church

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

Groß Friedrichsdorf Church

Undamaged in the Second World War, it stood unused and gradually fell into ruin in the post-war years

Gross Skaisgirren Churches

The large one is Protestant, the miniature Gothic one is Lutheran

Karkeln Church

It was dismantled during a flood in 1958, and its stones were used to reinforce a washed-out dam

Kaukehmen Church

A landmark in the north-eastern part of the Kaliningrad Region. Restoration is under way, but slowly

Heinrichswalde Church

After the war the church, like all of Heinrichswalde, was in excellent condition. A warehouse was set up in the building

Pokraken Church

A building untypical of Prussia. A successful example of a blend of the Neo-Romanesque and Neo-Gothic styles