Neo-Romanesque Church, Neo-Romanesque Lutheran church in Chernyshevskoye, Russia.
The Neo-Romanesque Church in Chernyshevskoye is a red-brick ruin with a cruciform plan and two square tower bases that have lost their spires. The ground floor is walled up and the roof is missing, though the star vaulting survives in part. Masonry Stars of David remain in the north and south walls of the transept, and the choir has three double round-arched windows with three round windows above.
Eydtkuhnen became an independent parish in 1883, separated from Bilderweitschen. The church was built from 1887 to 1889 to plans by Friedrich Adler and consecrated in 1889. In 1914 Russian troops partially destroyed the town, but the church survived. During the Second World War it burned out and has been a ruin since.
Two brick Stars of David remain set into the north and south walls of the transept. In the early Nazi era, party members tried to have them removed, but the congregation resisted successfully. The church books from 1883 to 1944 are kept in the Evangelical Central Archive in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
The ruin stands north of Chernyshevskoye's railway station amid fallow land, with the ground floor walled up and the roof gone. Entry is not maintained, so inspect the masonry and surviving vaulting from outside. The site lies in the border zone with Lithuania; check access rules before travelling.
Two brick Stars of David remain set into the north and south walls of the transept. In the early Nazi era, party members tried to have them removed, but the congregation successfully resisted. The church burned out in 1945 and was long used as a military goods warehouse.
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