Dorfkirche Schartau, Romanesque fieldstone church in Schartau, Germany

Dorfkirche Schartau is a small Romanesque hall church built of fieldstone, with a recessed square choir, an apse and a west transverse tower, dating from the second half of the 13th century. The windows were enlarged in the early 19th century, but the west portal, the north choir window and the apse window remain original.

The church was built in the second half of the 13th century as a small Romanesque hall church of fieldstone masonry, with a recessed square choir, an apse and a west transverse tower. A round-arched doorway on the tower's north side, once reached only by a wooden stair, suggests the building served as a refuge in times of defence. The windows were enlarged in the early 19th century; the interior was renovated in the 1990s.

The church keeps a gilded crucifix made around 1460/1470 and several carved wooden figures from a retable of the same period: a Madonna, a bishop, Saint Margaret and a Coronation of Mary. A plain pastor's stall survives from the mid-17th century, and the gallery is dated 1872.

The church is easy to reach and located in the village of Rochau where it can be found without difficulty. Visitors should be prepared for changing light conditions, as the interior appears quite dark due to the small medieval windows.

The tower's upper floor was originally reached only by a wooden staircase, and a round-arched doorway on its north side still shows where that access stood, suggesting the church served as a refuge in times of defence. A bell cast in 1698 is attributed to the bell founder Joachim Kraberg of Flessau.