Adalbert kirche

St. Adalbert's Chapel (German: St.Adalbertkirche) was built in 1904 at the intersection of two avenues – Lawsker Allee (Victory Avenue) and Kruasallee (Kashtanovaya Avenue) – under the direction of architect Friedrich Heitmann, who provided overall construction management free of charge.
Construction began on July 16, 1902, in the new city district of Amalienau. The chapel's location was chosen where Lawsker Allee curves, completing the avenue that begins at the Luisenkirche. The chapel was built by the Königsberg Real Estate and Construction Company. The construction cost approximately 60,000 marks, with the interior decoration, altar, and bell costing another 40,000. Initially, it was a small Gothic building with a narrow tower on the north and small buttresses on three sides. A nearby parsonage (no longer extant) cost an additional 32,000 marks to build. Much of the church's interior decoration was purchased through voluntary donations from parishioners, including a magnificent stained-glass window depicting St. Adalbert against a gold background (it was located in a window niche on the east altar wall). The altarpiece was also dedicated to St. Adalbert and was made in Prague.
The chapel was consecrated on November 14, 1904.
In 1911, a Catholic cemetery for the parish of St. Adalbert's Church was opened on Dürer Strasse (Lesopaprkova Street). In 1913, a monument, "Jesus Christ Carrying the Cross," created in the studio of sculptor Paul Coralus, was unveiled there. In 1921, the church's architect, Friedrich Heitmann, was buried in the church cemetery. The monument remained there until the early 1960s. It was then torn down for ideological reasons. Now, a road leading to new mansions at the end of Lesoparkovaya Street runs almost exactly where the monument once stood. Today, a modern Lutheran church has been built on the former cemetery grounds. The remaining part of the cemetery has been converted into a park.
In 1932, architects Johannes Laufer and Georg Schönweiler added an additional structure to the chapel, seating 250 people. It features lancet windows on the north and south sides and a modern portal flanked by large round windows. That same year, the chapel received the status of the Church of St. Adalbert, the patron saint of Prussia. In 1939, the altar was rebuilt.
During the storming of Königsberg in April 1945, the church was damaged, primarily the new extension and the tower spire. After the war, the annex was dismantled for its bricks, and the old building was converted into a prosthetic manufacturing facility, which operated until 1975. The church building was then transferred to the IZMIRAN magnetic-ionospheric observatory. The interior was modified and rebuilt into three floors.