Hohnekirche, Soest, Romanesque church in Soest, Germany.

Hohnekirche, also known as Maria zur Höhe, is a Romanesque church in the center of Soest, built with thick stone walls, rounded arches, and a solid tower. The building sits on slightly raised ground and can be seen from several points around the town.

The church was built in the 13th century, at a time when Soest was one of the most active towns in the Westphalian region. Later generations made small adjustments to the building without changing its original Romanesque form.

The name Hohnekirche, or Maria zur Höhe, serves to distinguish it from St. Maria zur Wiese, the Wiesenkirche; it does not refer to a hilltop site, as the church stands slightly apart in the north of Soest's old town. The Protestant congregation Maria zur Höhe belongs to the Evangelical Church of Westphalia and has about 1,800 members.

The church is within walking distance of Soest's town center and easy to reach on foot. It is best to visit outside of regular Sunday services to have more time to look around inside.

Inside hangs the Soester Scheibenkreuz, a disc cross made of spruce and pine around 1200, 3.89 m tall with a disc 2.72 m across. Nail marks show where the figure of Christ was once fixed. It keeps its original paint layers, and comparable pieces survive almost only on Gotland.