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Berger Kirche is the common name of a church building close to , part of Brechen in Hesse, Germany. It was first mentioned in 910 and is one of the oldest buildings in the region. It was dedicated to St. George, and remained when the village of Bergen was abandoned.
The Berger Kirche is located on top of a rock west of Niederbrechen and northwest of Werschau, close to the Bundesstraße 8, formerly the which connected Cologne and Frankfurt. It serves the cemetery of Werschau which surrounds it, and is a venue for services and concerts.
Regular processions to the church were mentioned in 1586, from surrounding villages including Villmar on the Lahn and Aarbergen, supporting the view that the church was a Mutterkirche (mother church) for a region. It was an early Christian centre in the area, along with the , St. Severus and St. Lubentius, Dietkirchen. The church served as a parish church until 1571, then as a Friedhofskirche (cemetery church) for the surrounding which belongs to Werschau.
From 1933, processions were held on horses at Pentecost ( Pfingstritt), with several hundred horses. The Nazis stopped them, but from 1946 to 1968 they were held again. In 1981 a "Freundeskreis Berger Kirche" was founded to take care of the church and organize events.
The church is a listed monument. It serves as a chapel for the cemetery of Werschau which surrounds it, and as a venue for services and concerts. It is a Geöffnete Kirche (open church), opened at regular hours. The Freundeskreis began the 2016/17 season of concerts with a performance of Rossini's Petite messe solennelle by the Kammerchor Ehrenbach.
In 1967, medieval were discovered, showing the patron saint and a crucifixion scene.
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