Berger Kirche, Romanesque church near Werschau, Brechen, Germany

Berger Kirche is a small Romanesque hall church on a rock spur west of Niederbrechen and northwest of Werschau. Its main nave was later expanded with a north side nave, a narrow rectangular choir and a massive west tower with a Gothic spire. Inside, three irregular arcades support a flat ceiling, and 15th-century paintings show St Martin, a crucifixion group and St George on horseback fighting the dragon.

The church was first documented in 910 when Louis the Child donated it to Count Konrad Kurzbold. This makes it one of the oldest religious structures in Hesse and shows how early medieval churches were established in the region.

The Berger Kirche was a mother church for a wide area, with processions documented from 1586 coming from villages including Villmar and Panrod. Pentecost rides with several hundred horses took place until after World War II, were stopped by the Nazis, and resumed from 1946 to 1968. Since 1981 the Freundeskreis Berger Kirche has cared for the church and organized concerts, such as a 2016 performance of Rossini's Petite messe solennelle.

The church is maintained by the Freundeskreis Berger Kirche organization and remains open to visitors throughout the year. Regular concerts and events take place here, giving the building an active use beyond its religious purpose.

Archaeological digs in 1989 uncovered Carolingian-era graves near the church, pointing to early medieval settlements. These discoveries show that the area was inhabited well before the church's first written record.