An abandoned village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. In many countries, and throughout history, thousands of villages have been deserted for a variety of causes. Abandonment of villages is often related to epidemic, famine, war, climate change, economic depressions, environmental destruction, or deliberate clearances.
Abandoned village in Russia
The remains of a fieldstone church in Dangelsdorf [de] Germany, from the 14th century
Moggessa di Qua near Moggio Udinese/Italy
Glanzenberg, a 13th-century town in Unterengstringen, Switzerland
Narmeln, alternatively known as Polski, is an abandoned village in Baltiysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Vistula Spit, on the border with Poland, the westernmost point of Russia.
View of Narmeln (before 1930)
East Prussian Refugees after crossing the Lagoon