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The first certain document dates from 910, when Louis the Child donated the church to Count Konrad Kurzbold (de), together with the court in Oberbrechen, to found a Georgsstift. A later document from 1652 mentions the church dating from 752, but its authenticity is doubted. While the church was built, probably right after the donation, another building was begun which later developed to the Limburg Cathedral. The Berger Kirche was originally dedicated to St. Martin. In 1232, when it was more closely connected to the Georgsstift, the patronage was changed to St. George.[3]

Regular processions to the church were mentioned in 1586, from surrounding villages including Villmar on the Lahn and Panrod, supporting the view that the church was a Mutterkirche (mother church) for a region.[1] It was an early Christian centre in the area,[3] along with the St. Blasius, Dornburg (de), St. Severus, Gemünden (de), and St. Lubentius, Dietkirchen (de). The church served as a parish church until 1571, then as a Friedhofskirche (cemetery church) for the surrounding which belongs to Werschau.[2]

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,[3] and as a venue for services and concerts.[1] It is a Geöffnete Kirche (open church), opened at regular hours.[2] The Freundeskreis began the 2016/17 season of concerts with a performance of Rossini's Petite messe solennelle by the K