In 1890 an independent parish came into being in Seckenburg after separating from Alt Lappienen. In 1891 construction of the church began. The building was erected of fired brick, with a massive tower half built into the nave, which was fully completed in 1896.
The church building itself had five buttresses each on the east and west. The tower was on the north, the altar niche on the south; the niche also had small buttresses. The windows were set in round-arched recesses. The interior was simply furnished, with a modest altar combined with the pulpit. The organ was built in 1894 by Terletzki of Königsberg. The church had two bells.
After the Second World War the church was intact and was used as a storehouse.
As of 2000 it is in fairly good condition and has survived almost completely. A door has been knocked through the west wall, and the lower windows have been bricked up. After 2000 the church was left unattended, and its condition is rapidly deteriorating.
Photos: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de and Mikhail Ogorodnikov (2014)
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
