旅人る - Tabibito
Neman
A town in Kaliningrad oblast, formerly known as Ragnit. It is close to Sovetsk and requires an entry permit too. The castle was damaged during the WWII, its ruins soon will get a glass roof.
A 25-meter clock tower.
One of the inhabitants of the house overlooking the castle is outraged by the reduction in the area of the country and its greatness.
Regular planning has not been implemented here, so you may stroll several pleasant winding streets.
Former Evangelical Church (1773) reubilt into apartment.
German houses.
Masonic store.
Small German factories.
School.
Hospital.
Mennonite church (1853) near the hospital, which served as a meeting place for the NSDAP in 1933-1945. After the war, it housed a gym, but in 2006 it burned down. Since then, the building has been empty.
There used to be two Soviet statues in front of the entrance, but only one survived.
Doors.
A German monument to the victims of the First World War next to the Mennonite church, which was buried after the war, but pulled back in the 1990s.
Bus to Sovetsk.
Face control at the entrance to a convenience store.
Getting in (as of September 2022): short ride from Sovetsk. Be sure to keep an entry permit.
What to buy: local semihard Tilsit cheese.
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