Neuendorf Church (German: Neuendorfkirche) was a Protestant church in the Adlig Neuendorf quarter of Königsberg, Germany.

The originally Roman Catholic church was built in the second half of the 14th century by the Teutonic Knights.[1] Although Königsberg was located within the Bishopric of Samland, its suburbs south of the Pregel, such as Neuendorf, were disputed by the Bishopric of Ermland.[2] The church converted to Lutheranism in 1525 with the creation of the Duchy of Prussia, but became a daughter church to that of Steinbeck.[1] Damaged by a storm in 1818, it was restored by 1919. The church was built mostly of stone and brick, although the interior was wooden. It contained a large bell from 1501 and a 17th-century oil painting of the crucifixion.[1]

Neuendorf Church was only lightly damaged during World War II, but its roof collapsed in the 1950s. The Soviet administration in Kaliningrad, Russia, eventually demolished its ruins.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Bötticher, p. 128
  2. ↑ Gause I, p. 63

References

  • Bötticher, Adolf (1891). Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Ostpreußen. Heft I. Das Samland (in German). Königsberg: Rautenberg. p. 141.
  • Gause, Fritz (1965). Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg. Band I: Von der Gründung der Stadt bis zum letzten Kurfürsten (in German). Köln: Böhlau Verlag. p. 571.
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