Dorfkirche, Church building in Groß Briesen bei Belzig, Germany

The Dorfkirche in Groß Briesen is a plastered hall church built mainly of brick, with a single west tower rising above a plain gabled roof that is hipped at the east end. The east wall is windowless, while the north and south sides each have three tall rectangular windows. The tower carries a clock, timber-framed sound openings, and a pyramidal roof with a sphere and cross.

Groß Briesen was first recorded in 1419/1420 as Bresen and by 1569 had a branch church of Werbig, so a village church already existed. In 1713 August Friedrich Brand von Lindau had the present building erected on fieldstone remains. In 1928 the church became a daughter church of Ragösen, and the interior was renovated in 1947.

The church's name, Dorfkirche, simply means village church, and its furnishings date from the 1713 rebuild. A carved baptismal angel about 1.40 m tall, donated by August Friedrich Brandt von Lindau around 1713, holds a large shallow shell; it was moved to Ragösen in 1947, restored in 2011 and hung southwest of the altar. A war memorial for the fallen of the First World War stands southwest of the building.

The church stands north of the L 941, which runs through Groß Briesen as Groß Briesener Hauptstraße, on a raised plot enclosed by a wall. Visitors approach on foot from the road; the elevated churchyard is reached via the walled grounds. The village lies in the municipality of Bad Belzig, Potsdam-Mittelmark district.

The tower holds two bells, cast in 1514 and 1710, not cast iron but older bells kept from earlier worship on this site. Look for the tower clock on the south side below the timber-framed bell section with its sound arcades.