Church in Benthen, Lutheran church in Werder, Germany.

The Church in Benthen is a Romanesque fieldstone and brick church begun around 1250. Its 22-metre west tower has a fieldstone base and a brick upper storey added in 1776, topped by a pyramidal roof. The nave is fieldstone with a steep tiled roof and round-arched windows, and the brick apse closes the chancel to the east.

Bishop Hermann of Schwerin consecrated the church at Benthen on 5 July 1267, in honour of the Apostle Matthias and Saints Florentius and Cassius; the record survives as a 1573 copy by pastor Thomas Tideus, who found the note walled into the altar. Dendrochronology dates the chancel to between 1250 and 1260, and the roof structure with an anchor beam for the lost Kaiserstiel of the apse to 1375. The west tower's fieldstone lower storey was built around 1300, its brick upper storey in 1776. Part of the nave roof and gable collapsed in May 1974; the roof was rebuilt and the church reopened at Advent 1979, with consecration on 11 May 1980.

The church shapes the spiritual life of the local community and brings residents together for worship and celebrations. Visitors can experience how the Lutheran faith continues to be central to this small village.

The building is easily accessible for visitors who want to explore the medieval architecture up close. It is best visited during daylight hours so you can see the details of the fieldstone walls clearly.

The tower floor still holds an old clockwork, though no clock face survives outside; three honour boards for Benthen men fallen in war stand beside it, one listing the village's decorated veterans of the 1808–1815 campaigns.