Dorfkirche Quitzow, Gothic church in Quitzow, Germany

Dorfkirche Quitzow is a Gothic fieldstone church with a recessed rectangular brick chancel and a massive square west tower of rough fieldstone framed by red brick at the corners and openings. The flat-roofed nave has a surrounding chamfered base, and the chancel's east side carries three tall staggered lancets. The tower's paired arched openings sit near the top beneath a steep tiled roof.

The brick rectangular chancel dates to around 1292, making it the oldest part; the flat-roofed fieldstone nave followed in the early 14th century, and its roof truss was dendrochronologically dated to 1543. The massive square west tower was built around 1500. The church was expanded under the patronage of the von Quitzow family into one of the most important village churches of the Prignitz. The interior was renovated in 1996/97 and the roof re-covered in 2010.

The church was built under the patronage of the von Quitzow family, who shaped one of the most important village churches of the Prignitz. Two gravestones with coats of arms, set at the start of the 18th century, recall the family inside. The parish is also known as the post of Horst Kasner, father of Angela Merkel, who lived in the parsonage in her first years.

The church stands in Quitzow, a village part of Perleberg in the Prignitz district. The tower portal on the south wall, framed by a tall pointed blind arch, is the way in; the 1893 porch covers the rich chancel south portal. The interior was renovated in 1996/97 and the roof re-covered in 2010.

The portals on the north and south sides display a striking pattern of regular and dark glazed bricks that is characteristic of regional building traditions. These brick patterns served both practical and decorative purposes in local construction methods.