The Allenburg Church is a

Brick Gothic Brick Gothic (german: Backsteingotik, pl, Gotyk ceglany, nl, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resourc ...

building near Allenburg Castle commissioned by

Konrad von Jungingen Konrad V von Jungingen (c. 1355 – 30 March 1407) was a grand master of the Teutonic Order in 1393-1407. Under his administration the Teutonic Order would reach their greatest extent. Konrad von Jungingen came from the Swabian League. He join ...

, the Grand Master of the

Teutonic Knights The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...

, in 1405. Seriously damaged during the

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, the medieval building was restored and slightly expanded in 1925. After the

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, Allenburg was renamed Druzhba and is now part of

Pravdinsky District Pravdinsky District (russian: Пра́вдинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrativ ...

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ...

. The church was used by local farmers as a grain-drier. It was restored by the local

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community in 2005 and eventually passed to the

Russian Orthodox Church , native_name_lang = ru , image = Moscow July 2011-7a.jpg , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia , abbreviation = ROC , type ...

in 2010.

References

{{Reflist Roman Catholic churches completed in 1405 Brick Gothic Churches in Kaliningrad Oblast Gothic architecture in Russia 15th-century churches in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Kaliningrad Oblast