It was the oldest church in the formerly German city, whose old town was a suburb of Steindamm (the church was granted for the use of Poles who lived here and worshipped in the vernacular). Eventually the church fell into decline as the Poles in Konigsberg and more broadly those coming from Masuria were Germanised.
Visited the kaliningrad Königsberg oblast last summer. Truly sad experience, saw lot’s of crumbled, abandoned Prussian buildings, actually not that much, compared to what has been there before the war and soviet occupational policy. The Königsberg city itself was a picture on how soviet Prussia would have looked like, with lot’s of military showoff’s, communal apartment buildings in the middle of what’s left of the old town (thus being the cathedral and five renovated buildings). And worn-off city in general. Visit the oblast if you’re looking for these things: experience the life of ussr, see the ruins of Prussia, compare how Eastern Europe has progressed over the 30 year gap after escaping the communist regime. If you’re looking for true remains of old Prussia, visit Germany, or if that’s too commercialized for you, cities of Gdansk in Poland or Klaipėda in Lithuania.
champagneflute says
It was the oldest church in the formerly German city, whose old town was a suburb of Steindamm (the church was granted for the use of Poles who lived here and worshipped in the vernacular). Eventually the church fell into decline as the Poles in Konigsberg and more broadly those coming from Masuria were Germanised.
Strydwolf says
Ironically the oldest German Königsberger church was demolished some hundred years before by the Prussians themselves.
But at least it was replaced by [one of the best Gothic Revival buildings ever built, by Schinkel]( https://www.flickr.com/photos/27639553@N05/3332162545/in/photostream). Sadly both would be gone by 1945.
fucknewjersey20 says
Kaliningrad*
Domantusss says
Visited the
kaliningradKönigsberg oblast last summer. Truly sad experience, saw lot’s of crumbled, abandoned Prussian buildings, actually not that much, compared to what has been there before the war and soviet occupational policy. The Königsberg city itself was a picture on how soviet Prussia would have looked like, with lot’s of military showoff’s, communal apartment buildings in the middle of what’s left of the old town (thus being the cathedral and five renovated buildings). And worn-off city in general. Visit the oblast if you’re looking for these things: experience the life of ussr, see the ruins of Prussia, compare how Eastern Europe has progressed over the 30 year gap after escaping the communist regime. If you’re looking for true remains of old Prussia, visit Germany, or if that’s too commercialized for you, cities of Gdansk in Poland or Klaipėda in Lithuania.