Cross Church

Cross Church
(Крестовоздвиженская церковь)
(Before 1946: Kreuzkirche)

Address: ul. Generala Pavlova/ул. Генерала Павлова
Address before 1946: Tantage

The Cross Church is with its twin towers a characteristic building in the near Eastern outskirts of Kaliningrad city centre. It was built 1930-1933 and came through World War II with hardly any damage.

Since the building was useable after the war it was turned into a car repair shop and later some production moved in. I 1988 the church was returned to the orthodox community.

Even though the Cross Church is not a major tourist site the area has an atmosphere with contrast between the old church and the surrounding apartment blocks of the Soviet era.