Markuskirche, Gothic church in Butzbach, Germany

The Markuskirche is a three-aisled Gothic hall church in Butzbach, built of red sandstone with white plastered vaults. Red stone piers and ribs form pointed arches along the nave, and the chancel, raised above a red stone altar, has three tall pointed-arched stained-glass windows. A red stone pulpit with a green panel stands to the left of the altar, and rows of wooden benches fill the nave.

Construction began in the early 13th century as a Romanesque basilica. Between 1430 and 1520, the building was transformed into its current Gothic hall church style.

The organ front by Georg Wagner dates from 1614 and is the second-oldest surviving organ case in Hesse. The Romanesque baptismal font from the first half of the 13th century is still used for baptisms. The church has been the parish church of the Protestant Markus congregation since the Reformation was introduced in Butzbach in 1536.

The church stands on Kirchplatz, where the surrounding Residenz building from around 1220 forced the nave to be shifted at least five metres north. Enter from the square and note that the interior is a hall church, so the side aisles reach almost the height of the central nave. The south choir holds the 1614 Wagner organ prospect, mounted at gallery height.

The landgrave's crypt of 1620–1622 is a burial vault from the time of Landgrave Philipp III of Hessen-Butzbach, who made changes to the church interior. The organ front by Georg Wagner dates from 1614 and is the second-oldest surviving in Hesse.