German Church, Lutheran church in Sovetsk, Russia

The German Church was a Lutheran hall church in Tilsit, now Sovetsk, measuring 40.8 m long and 20.7 m wide. Its square brick tower rose 29 m, topped by a 34 m wooden, copper-clad spire with three stacked domes; eight spheres 1.6 m in diameter supported the middle dome. The church was demolished in 1965; only the altar and two confessionals survive, now in Bartoszyce, Poland.

The church was built during the era of German settlement in East Prussia, when Lutheran communities took root in Tilsit. After World War Two, the city passed to the Soviet Union and the German population left, ending the active life of the congregation.

The church was demolished in 1965; only its altar and two confessionals survive, found in the 1980s in Polish East Prussia and restored in Bartoszyce's parish church, where the altar has stood since 1990. The building appears in Veit Harlan's 1939 film "Trip to Tilsit" and in the opening panorama of Grigori Alexandrov's "Meeting on the Elbe".

The church no longer exists: it was demolished in 1965, and its site is now an empty lot. The altar and two confessionals are preserved in the parish church of Bartoszyce, Poland. The Königin-Luise-Brücke once stood next to the church.

The church no longer stands: it was demolished in 1965 after a fire, and an empty square marks the site today. Its altar and two confessionals, evacuated in 1944, were found in the 1980s in Polish East Prussia and, restored by Polish conservators, stand in the parish church of Bartoszyce, the altar since 1990.