The church was designed by the architect Friedrich Heitmann. It was built in the Romanesque style, with a tower in the north-east crowned by a spire. On the west the church had a porch, above which was a bas-relief of the seated Christ. The north side had three gables and a turret with a spire. The building had buttresses on the north and south.
The upper windows on the south side had beautiful stained glass by Professor Lippemann. Inside, the church had a vaulted ceiling. The altar stood on the east side and had a large, handsome baldachin, behind which was a mosaic called "Jerusalem". To the right of the altar was a carved wooden pulpit from which the pastor preached. On the left was the Kaiser's box. The organ was at the west end of the church. It was built by a Königsberg organ builder named Terletzki.
The church had three bells. On 1 July 1902 the congregation of this church separated from the Altstadt congregation and became independent. It included the districts of Amalienau, Mittelhufen and Neue Bleiche.
The royal couple attends the consecration of the church on 9 September 1901.
During the fighting of the Second World War the church was damaged. In the post-war period services were held in it for the German population. In winter the services were held in the parish hall next door. After the Germans were deported it was used as a storehouse by the administration of the newly created Park of Culture and Leisure. By 1958 the church had no roof; its place was taken by the vaulted ceiling. The spires of the towers and the roofs of the annexes were badly damaged. The parish hall and the pastor's house, which stood south of the church, were completely demolished, and all traces of these buildings disappeared.
The Queen Louise Memorial Church in the first post-war years.
In 1958 there were plans to restore the church and use it as a city cinema.
But a project was drawn up only in 1970, and by then for a puppet theatre. Work began in 1971 and was completed in 1976. The tower spires and the roof were covered with copper sheeting. The single-storey annex on the south side became two-storey. The statue of the seated Christ disappeared. A small turret with a spire was placed on the roof ridge. The clock on the main tower was restored.
Inside, there is now a foyer where the altar used to be. The interior is divided into two floors. The upper floor houses the auditorium of the puppet theatre. Below are the cloakroom and service rooms. The triple windows on the south side have been bricked up.
Today the Queen Louise Memorial Church, as a puppet theatre, is part of a park complex that partly occupies the site of a cemetery.
Modern photo: Mikhail Ogorodnikov.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
