Skören Church
| Church Skören Кирха в Скерене (no longer available) |
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| Construction year: | 1932 to 1933 |
| Inauguration: | January 6, 1933 ( Epiphany Day ) |
| Style elements : | Octagon , wooden construction |
| Client: | Evangelical parish in Skören ( church province East Prussia , Church of the Old Prussian Union ) |
| Location: | 55 ° 8 '49.2 " N , 21 ° 39' 12.2" E |
| Location: |
Gorodkovo Kaliningrad , Russia |
| Purpose: | Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church |
| Local community: | not available anymore. The church was demolished in 1979 and a milking shed was built in its place |
The church in Skören , of which only the foundations can still be seen today, was built in the early 1930s. The octagonal wooden building with turrets was until 1945 a Protestant place of worship for the residents in the parish of the East Prussian town now called Gorodkowo in the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad ( Koenigsberg area (Prussia) ).
Geographical location
Gorodkowo is located on the north bank of the Gilge (Russian: Matrossowka). A side road that branches off the Russian regional road R 513 at Mostowoje (Sköpen) leads directly into the village. There is no train connection.
The church stood in the center of the village north of the country road to the site of the no longer existing Baltruscheiten (1938 to 1946: Balten, Russian: Obchodnoje).
Church building
Already in 1894 the community wanted to get better ecclesiastical care for the somewhat remote area around Skören within the parish of Kaukehmen (the place was called between 1938 and 1946: Kuckerneese, today in Russian: Jasnoje ) . On May 15, 1905, the responsible bodies finally decided to set up their own pastoral care district, Skören. From 1909 on, church services were held - initially in the school building. After delays caused by the war , construction began in 1932.
Based on the octagonal shape of the Lappienen Church (based in Alt Lappienen, 1938 to 1946: Rauterskirch, Russian: Bolschije Bereschki ) and the construction of the Inse Church (Russian: Pritschaly ), a simple octagonal building with turrets in wooden construction was created . On Epiphany Day 1933 (January 6th) the house of God was inaugurated by General Superintendent Paul Johannes Gennrich and handed over to its intended purpose.
The little church survived the Second World War unscathed. Until 1978, however, the building was used as a warehouse for drying grain, the organ and the church windows were vandalized and the pews removed. In 1979 the former church was torn down and a milking shed was built in its place. At best, the foundations still tell of the church.
Parish
After the church Kaukehmen (Rauterskirch) had already set up a separate pastoral care district Skören in 1905 , a separate Protestant parish was founded in 1909 , the district of which was separated from the parish of Kaukehmen and given its own pastor, who had his seat in Skören . The parish was without patronage . In 1925 it counted 1244 parishioners who lived in seven parish towns.
The parish of Skören was until 1945 part of the parish Niederung (Elchniederung) within the church province of East Prussia of the Church of the Old Prussian Union . Because of the flight and displacement of the local population as well as the restrictive religious policy of the Soviet Union , church life in Skören resp. Gorodkowo to a standstill. Today the place is in the catchment area of the newly formed Evangelical Lutheran parish in Slavsk (Heinrichswalde) , which belongs to the Kaliningrad provost of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia .
Parish places
Between 1909 and 1945 there were seven villages or small towns in the parish of Skören:
| Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1946 |
Russian name |
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| Old Ginnischken | Alginnendorf | |
| Baltrus sides (proportionately) | Balts | Obchodnolje |
| Baltruschkehmen | Altschanzenkrug | Rasviliki |
| Budwethen (proportionately) | Ansorge | Lollipop |
| Groß Karzewischken | Sprout willow | Shchukino |
| New Ginnischken | Neuginnendorf | Khmelnitskoye |
| Skören | Gorodkovo |
Pastor
In the former pastoral care district and from 1909 the own parish of Skören officiated as Protestant clergy:
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Parish of Skoeren at the Elchniederung district community
- ^ Photo of the church building from 1932 at prussia39.ru
- ↑ Walther Hubatsch , History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 2: Pictures of East Prussian Churches , Göttingen, 1968, p. 94, Fig. 388
- ↑ Gorodkowo - Skören at ostpreussen.net
- ↑ a b Walther Hubatsch, History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3: Documents , Göttingen, 1968, p. 483
- ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Provosty Kaliningrad ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Friedwald Moeller, Old Prussian Protestant Pastor's Book from the Reformation to the Expulsion in 1945 , Hamburg, 1968, p. 128
