Ponarth Church

Ponarth Church (German: Ponarther Kirche) was a Protestant church in the Ponarth quarter of Königsberg, Germany.

In 2017

The brick Neo-Gothic church of Ponarth was built in May 1896 and dedicated on 23 July 1897; its construction was championed by the mayor, Robert Hoffmann, and the director of the brewery, Eduard Schifferdecker.[1] The Protestant congregation was separated from that of Haberberg in 1905 and became its own parish. Its pastors were Johannes Joachim, Leop. Beckmann, Gerh. Symnanowski, and Helmut Hildebrandt.[1]

The church was lightly damaged during World War II and was in continual use by the remaining Germans until their expulsion in 1947. Residents of Kaliningrad, Russia, used it first for storage and then as a gym. In the early 1980s the roof tiles were replaced with cement. Since 21 September 1992 it has been a Russian Orthodox church.

  • Ponarth Church
  • View of Ponarth and the church

Notes
  1. Albinus, p. 246
gollark: You can't reasonably ascribe rights to people who never existed/*might* exist because that is very very problematic.
gollark: The child you talk about never existed.
gollark: > I mind if someone kills me, but in theory they shouldn't*Why* do you mind?
gollark: > there's no difference ultimately in choosing to have one less child and in killing an adultYes there is...
gollark: do you mind if someone kills *you* then?

References
  • Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
  • Mühlpfordt, Herbert Meinhard (1972). Königsberg von A bis Z (in German). München: Aufstieg-Verlag. p. 168. ISBN 3-7612-0092-7.


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