Kumachyovo

Kumachyovo or Kumachevo (Russian: Кумачёво; German: Kumehnen; Lithuanian: Kumėnai) is a rural settlement in Zelenogradsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, part of the Pereslavskoye rural municipality.^[4] It is located on the Sambian Peninsula.

Kumachyovo Кумачёво
Rural locality
Medieval church ruins
Location of Kumachyovo
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Coordinates: 54.821°N 20.214°E / 54.821; 20.214
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kaliningrad Oblast
Administrative district	Zelenogradsky District
Elevation	71 m (233 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	541
Time zone	UTC+2 (MSK–1 [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	238542
OKTMO ID	27710000611

History

The local Gothic church was built in 1390.^[5] In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.^[6] After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), it became a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Knights until 1525,^[7] and by Ducal Prussia afterwards.

From the 18th century it formed part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of the German Empire, within which it was located in the province of East Prussia. After Germany's defeat in World War II, in 1945, it passed to the Soviet Union. In the post-war period, the abandoned church gradually deteriorated.^[5]