St. Joseph's Church, Königsberg
St. Joseph's Church in Ponarth, Königsberg
St. Joseph's Church (German: Josephkirche or Josephskapelle) was a Roman Catholic church in the Ponarth quarter of Königsberg, Germany. Its patron saint was Saint Joseph.
By 1930, the working-class quarter Ponarth south of center city Königsberg included the Protestant Ponarth Church but lacked a Catholic church. The new St. Joseph's Church was built along Brandenburger Straße in 1931 and dedicated in 1932.
The church survived the 1944 Bombing of Königsberg and the 1945 Battle of Königsberg; the city became part of the Soviet Union after World War II. The former church is now used for residential housing in Kaliningrad, Russia.
References
- Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
- Gause, Fritz (1971). Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg. Band III: Vom Ersten Weltkrieg biz zum Untergang Königsbergs (in German). Köln: Böhlau Verlag. p. 327. ISBN 3-412-38871-8.
Coordinates: 54°40′44″N 20°28′47″E / 54.67889°N 20.47972°E
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