Dorfkirche Hohenkirchen, Brick Gothic village church in Hohenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Dorfkirche Hohenkirchen is a Gothic brick church with a square west tower whose masonry was never completed, so its hipped tiled roof sits on the unfinished stump. The nave has three pairs of side chapels separated by buttress-like walls, a slightly recessed polygonal choir, and a south entrance porch with a brick base and a 17th- or 18th-century timber-framed upper storey. Inside, cross-ribbed vaults cover one bay in the tower and four in the nave.

The present church is the second building on the site, erected in the 15th century and, according to recent dendrochronological analysis, probably as early as the late 14th century. A church here was first mentioned in the Ratzeburg tithe register around 1230 and belonged to the Diocese of Ratzeburg in the Middle Ages. The name Honkerken arose when the church was built at the bishop's behest and was documented in 1260. The nave was restored in 1988–89 and the porch in 2003.

The church has long served as the social center of village life and continues to shape Hohenkirchen's character today. It remains a gathering place where the community comes together and local traditions are maintained.

The church stands on a moraine ridge above the village, its west tower and tiled roof visible from a distance. The south entrance building has a brick base and a timber-framed upper storey from the 17th or 18th century, reached through a stepped portal. The nave was restored in 1988/89 and the porch in 2003, when underfloor heating fed by geothermal energy was installed.

The west tower was never finished: its brickwork stops abruptly below the eaves, and the hipped roof was already set on during construction. Blocked blind arcades ending under the eaves show that a much taller tower was planned. Inside, nine of the twelve stained-glass windows were restored by apprentices of the Lübeck glazing school.