The church was deconsecrated in 2014, and it was demolished in February 2016 as part of the destruction of the entire village of Borschemich in order to make way for the Garzweiler surface mine.

The Church of St. Martin was built between 1906 and 1907 according to designs of the architect Heinrich Renard [de] and under the direction of the contractor Max Sauer.

It was blessed on 27 October 1907 by dean Hermann Josef Kamp from Erkelenz, on behalf of the Archbishop of Cologne, Anton Hubert Fischer.

The church was consecrated in honour of Saint Martin of Tours on 9 October 1915 by the auxiliary bishop Peter Joseph Lausberg [de].

The building took over the role of an earlier church, which was originally built in the 12th century, and was rebuilt in 1451 and renamed, extended and reconstructed in 1784.