Dorfkirche Göhren, Church building in Ostseebad Göhren, Germany

Dorfkirche Göhren is a tall brick church with a square tower on the left and a lower nave to the right. The tower has a steeply pitched roof and narrow openings near its top, while the nave has tall, narrow windows with dark arches and one round window. The walls form a stepped, angled shape along the right side, and the church stands on a slight rise.

Göhren became an independent parish in 1913. The foundation stone for its own church was laid in 1929, and the hall church was consecrated on 16 May 1930. In recent years a community room was added behind the gallery, and the chancel was redesigned in 2006.

The altar figures display Mary and John dressed in the traditional clothing of the Mönchgut region, bringing local customs directly into the religious space. This visual connection shows how regional identity and faith are woven together in the place.

The church stands on elevated ground in Göhren, with the Speckbusch burial mound just west of it. The interior was altered in recent years: a community room was added behind the gallery and the altar area was redesigned in 2006. The organ history changed twice: a digital concert organ installed in 2002 was replaced at the end of 2024 by the organ from the deconsecrated St. Joseph church in Annaburg.

The votive ship inside was built in 1913 by Göhren resident Paul Strübing, who made the model of the bark Seeadler before the church was even consecrated and gave it to the congregation once the building was finished. Look for it as a link between the village's sailing past and the new church.