The Kreuzkirche is a

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in the former city district of

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, now

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. The church was designed by architect Arthur Kickton and built between 1930 and 1933 for the evangelical community of Königsberg. A monumental cross from

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is situated between the two towers of the church. The church was only lightly damaged in

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and became a garage and a factory for fishing equipment thereafter. After a fire it was decided in 1988 to use the building as a church for the Kaliningrad

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community. Both towers were connected to the nave in the restoration that followed. The original clock of the church now hangs on the Church of the Holy Family in Kaliningrad.

Literature

* Robert Albinus: ''Königsberg-Lexikon''. Würzburg 2002, *

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: ''Geschichte der königl. Haupt- und Residenzstadt Königsberg in Preußen''. Reprint of the original edition, Stuttgart 1899. *

Fritz Gause Fritz Gause (4 August 1893 – 24 December 1973) was a German historian, archivist, and curator described as the last great historian of his native city, Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), East Prussia. Gause's most important work was his three-v ...

: ''Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg in Preußen''. 3 Bände, Köln 1996, * Jürgen Manthey: ''Königsberg – Geschichte einer Weltbürgerrepublik''. Hanser 2005, * Gunnar Strunz: ''Königsberg entdecken'', Berlin 2006, * Baldur Köster: ''Königsberg: Architektur aus deutscher Zeit.'' Husum Druck, 2000, {{ISBN, 3-88042-923-5. Churches in Kaliningrad Oblast Churches in Kaliningrad Churches completed in 1933 Church buildings converted to a different denomination 20th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Former churches in Königsberg Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Kaliningrad Oblast