Church in Fischhausen, Brick Gothic church in Primorsk, Russia

The Church in Fischhausen was a brick building with a straight-ended choir and a tower, erected in the first half of the 14th century. Its oldest section, the choir, was initially flat-roofed like the nave; around 1500 it was vaulted and pointed-arch arcades were added to the interior walls. The church no longer stands: it was demolished in the early 1960s, and only a few stone fragments remain.

A parish was founded in Fischhausen in 1305, and the brick church with a straight-ended choir and tower was built in the first half of the 14th century. From the Reformation until 1945 it served an Evangelical congregation of 4,473 members in 15 villages (1925). Damaged in World War II, the ruin was levelled around 1961 before a visit by Nikita Khrushchev.

Before the entrance stood life-size figures of Saint Adalbert, Bishop Georg von Polenz and Jesus Christ, gifts of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. They were first made of terracotta and later renewed in bronze. Georg von Polenz, bishop of Samland, converted to Lutheranism in 1523, and the diocese was dissolved in 1525.

The church no longer stands: its site lies in the levelled former old town, now outside the gates of Primorsk, in the eastern part of the modern city. Only a few stone fragments remain, so there is no interior to visit. Look for these remnants rather than a building.

Around 1500, the original flat-roofed choir section was modified with pointed arch arcades added to the interior walls. This renovation shows how the building evolved to meet changing needs over time.